Dolichophis caspius (Gmelin, 1789) is indeed continuously distributed in southern Romania: Zoogeographical and conservational implications of identifying new populations

Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 273-276

  Ferenţi, Sara ^a   Cupşa, Diana ^a   Telcean, Ilie Cǎtǎlin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ORADEA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Conservation; Distribution; Dolichophis caspius; Large whip snake; Southern Romania

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MEADOW; POPULATION ESTIMATION; ROADKILL; SNAKE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

DANUBE BASIN; ROMANIA;

EID: 80051662620     PISSN: 18424090     EISSN: 1844489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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