Distribution of a recolonising species may not reflect habitat suitability alone: The case of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in southern Italy

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 798-805

  Remonti, Luigi ^a   Prigioni, Claudio ^a   Balestrieri, Alessandro ^a   Sgrosso, Silvia ^a   Priore, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HOME RANGE; MUSTELID; RECOLONIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE;

EID: 58149131674     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR08012     Document Type: Article

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