A possible approach to the "conservation" of the mammalian populations of ancient anthropochorous origin of the Mediterranean islands

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 303-308

  Masseti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cultural heritage; Endemics; Holocene

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; CULTURAL HERITAGE; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MAMMAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 72949106554     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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