Occurrence of black wolves in the Northern Apennines, Italy

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 281-285

  Apollonio, Marco ^a   Mattioli, Luca ^b   Scandura, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b Provincial Administration of Arezzo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black wolves; Canis lupus; Coat colour; Hybridization

Indexed keywords

CANID; DOMESTIC SPECIES; HYBRIDIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

APENNINES; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 3142672347     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03192528     Document Type: Article

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