Toward a new instrument for identifying the Italian hotspots of biodiversity: A case study of the amphibians and reptiles of Sicily

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-459

  Bombi, P ^a  

^a NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecological modelling; Herpetofauna; Hotspots; Sicily

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FAUNISTICS; GEOSTATISTICS; GIS; REPTILE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ITALY; SICILY;

AMPHIBIA; PODARCIS SICULA; REPTILIA; ZAMENIS;

EID: 78650061666     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250000903188674     Document Type: Article

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