Home range area in the tortoise Testudo hermanni in relation to habitat complexity: Implications for conservation of biodiversity

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1131-1140

  Longepierre, S ^a   Hailey, A ^a,b   Grenot, C ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flagship species; Fragmentation; France; Habitat complexity; Home range; Movement; Testudo hermanni; Tortoise; Umbrella species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOME RANGE;

EUROPE;

TESTUDO HERMANNI;

EID: 0034924937     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016611030406     Document Type: Article

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