Current status of the Balkan chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica) in Greece: Implications for conservation

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-39

  Papaioannou, Haritakis I ^a   Kati, Vassiliki I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Chamois; Conservation; Distribution; Flagship species; Habitat; Management; Poaching

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DISPERSAL; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; POACHING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; RUMINANT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

RUPICAPRA; RUPICAPRA RUPICAPRA;

EID: 36148983848     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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