Otter Lutra lutra population expansion: Assessing habitat suitability and connectivity in southern Italy

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 309-326

  Loy, Anna ^a   Carranza, Maria Laura ^a   Cianfrani, Carmen ^a   D'Alessandro, Evelina ^a   Bonesi, Laura ^b   Di Marzio, Piera ^a   Minotti, Michele ^a   Reggiani, Gabriella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Ecologia Applicata   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Geterministic models; GIS; Potential distribution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATCHMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DIGITAL MAP; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAND COVER; MUSTELID; POPULATION MODELING; RANGE EXPANSION; RIVER BASIN;

ITALY;

CARNIVORA; LUTRA LUTRA; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 73049115699     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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