Grass snakes (Natrix natrix) in Sweden decline together with their anthropogenic nestingenvironments

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 199-202

  Hagman, Mattias ^a   Elmberg, Johan ^b   Kärvemo, Simon ^c   Löwenborg, Kristin ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; Databases; Manure heaps; Museum mining; Oviparity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865005793     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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