Diet of syntopic moles Talpa romana and Talpa europaea in central Italy

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 140-144

  Beolchini, Francesca ^a   Loy, Anna ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competition; Dietary diversity; Talpa

Indexed keywords

DIET; INSECTIVORE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

TALPA; TALPA EUROPAEA; TALPA ROMANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544381120     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00127     Document Type: Article

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