Range expansion of the pine marten (Martes martes) in an agricultural landscape matrix (NW Italy)

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 412-419

  Balestrieri, Alessandro ^a   Remonti, Luigi ^a   Ruiz González, Aritz ^b   Gómez Moliner, Benjamín J ^b   Vergara, Maria ^b   Prigioni, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distribution; Interspecific competition; Non invasive genetic sampling; Road kills

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COEXISTENCE; FECES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MUSTELID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANGE EXPANSION; ROADKILL; SYMPATRY;

ITALY;

MARTES; MARTES FOINA; MARTES MARTES;

EID: 77955324355     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2009.05.003     Document Type: Article

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