Predicting elusiveness: Potential distribution model of the southern smooth snake, coronella girondica, in italy

Acta Herpetologica

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-13

  Bombi, Pierluigi ^a   Luiselli, Luca ^b   Capula, Massimo ^c   Salvi, Daniele ^d  

^a FIZV ^*  (Italy)

^b Centre of Environmental Studies 'Demetra srl'   (Italy)

^c Museo Civico di Zoologia   (Italy)

^d ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colubridae; Distribution modelling; Elusive species; Italy; Serpentes

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; CORONELLA GIRONDICA; EMILIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 77950945982     PISSN: 18279635     EISSN: 18279643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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