Is the rock partridge Alectoris graeca saxatilis threatened in the Dolomitic Alps?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-81

  Cattadori, Isabella M ^a,b   Ranci Ortigosa, Giovanna ^c   Gatto, Marino ^c   Hudson, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRO DI ECOLOGIA ALPINA   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EXTINCTION RISK; FRAGMENTATION; GAMEBIRD; HUNTING; POPULATION MODELING;

ALPS; DOLOMITES; EASTERN ALPS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ALECTORIS GRAECA;

EID: 14244260952     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136794300300310X     Document Type: Article

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