Rarity and decline in palaeoendemic Martino's vole Dinaromys bogdanovi

Mammal Review

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 267-284

  Kryštufek, Boris ^a,b   Bužan, Elena V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^b SLOVENIAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Arvicolinae; Balkan endemics; Chionomys nivalis; Competitive exclusion; Extinction

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENDEMIC SPECIES; EVOLUTION; EXTINCTION; HABITAT USE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE SIZE; RARITY; RODENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NERETVA RIVER; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ARVICOLINAE; CHIONOMYS NIVALIS; DINAROMYS; DINAROMYS BOGDANOVI; MURIDAE; PLIOMYS;

EID: 52649088819     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2008.00127.x     Document Type: Review

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