Population and thermal ecology of testudo hermanni hermanni in the Tolfa Mountains of Central Italy

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-60

  Filippi, Ernesto ^a   Rugiero, Lorenzo ^a   Capula, Massimo ^b   Burke, Russell L ^c   Luiselli, Luca ^a  

^a Centro di Studi Ambientali Demetra srl   (Italy)

^b Museo Civico di Zoologia   (Italy)

^c HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

demography; ecology; Eurotestudo; habitat; Italy; Reptilia; Testudines; Testudinidae; Testudo hermanni; thermoregulation; ticks; tortoise

Indexed keywords

IXODIDA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO; TESTUDO HERMANNI; TESTUDO HERMANNI HERMANNI;

EID: 77953819461     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0776.1     Document Type: Article

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