Microhabitat use by the white-clawed crayfish in a Tuscan stream

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 21-33

  Benvenuto, Chiara ^a   Gherardi, Francesca ^a   Ilhéu, Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Austropotamobius pallipes; Biodiversity conservation; Crayfish; Freshwater streams; Microhabitat use

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CRAYFISH; CURRENT VELOCITY; DEEP WATER; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; NATIVE SPECIES; SHALLOW WATER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; VEGETATION COVER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

ASTACOIDEA; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS PALLIPES;

EID: 40049099326     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701799090     Document Type: Article

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