Habitat correlates of distribution and local population decline of the endemic Sardinian newt Euproctus platycephalus

Biological Conservation

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-317

  Lecis, Roberta ^a,b   Norris, Ken ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Critically endangered; Ecological requirements; Habitat selection; Presence absence; Sardinian brook salamander

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; HABITAT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; EUPROCTUS PLATYCEPHALUS; EURYCEA; PLATYCEPHALUS; RIPARIA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0242318363     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00149-6     Document Type: Article

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