A proposal towards the incorporation of spatial heterogeneity into animal distribution studies in Romanian landscapes

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 173-188

  Hartel, Tibor R ^a   Moga, Cosmin I ^a   ÖLlerer, Kinga ^b   Demeter, László ^c   Sas, István ^d   Ruşti, Dorel M ^e   Balog, Adalbert ^c  

^a Mihai Eminescu Trust   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Romania)

^c SAPIENTIA HUNGARIAN UNIVERSITY OF TRANSYLVANIA   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ORADEA   (Romania)

^e Grigore Antipa National Museum of Natural History   (Romania)

Author keywords

Animals; Conservation; Landscape ecology; Romania; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 63849329621     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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