Headcount 2010: The multiplication of the grey squirrel introduced in Italy;Headcount 2010: Il proliferare delle popolazioni di scoiattolo grigio introdotte in Italia

Hystrix

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 127-136

  Martinoli, Adriano ^a   Bertolino, Sandro ^b   Preatoni, Damiano G ^a   Balduzzi, Andrea ^c   Marsan, Andrea ^c   Genovesi, Piero ^d   Tosi, Guido ^a   Wauters, Lucas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Distribution range; Introductions; Invasive species; Sciurus carolinensis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 79952801788     PISSN: 03941914     EISSN: 18255272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4404/Hystrix-21.2-4463     Document Type: Article

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