Breeding site selection by olfactory cues in the threatened northern spectacled salamander Salamandrina perspicillata (Savi, 1821)

Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 799-805

  Romano, Antonio ^a   Forcina, Giovanni ^b   Barbanera, Filippo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breeding site fidelity; Conservation of small aquatic habitats; Olfactory orientation; Salamandrina

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SITE; COMBINED HEAT AND POWER; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; OLFACTORY CUE; SITE SELECTION; SPAWNING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAZIO; LEPINI MOUNTAINS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRINA; SALAMANDRINA PERSPICILLATA; SALAMANDRINA TERDIGITATA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 50149100688     PISSN: 10527613     EISSN: 10990755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aqc.890     Document Type: Article

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