Current limitations of the stone crayfish distribution in Romania: Implications for its conservation status

Limnologica

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 143-150

  Pârvulescu, Lucian ^a   Zaharia, Claudia ^a  

^a WEST UNIVERSITY OF TIMISOARA   (Romania)

Author keywords

Austropotamobius torrentium; Conservation; Distribution; Ecological preferences; Endangered species; Habitat fragmentation; Indigenous crayfish; Invasive crayfish

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; CRAYFISH; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ROMANIA;

APHANOMYCES; APHANOMYCES ASTACI; ASTACOIDEA; AUSTROPOTAMOBIUS TORRENTIUM; ORCONECTES LIMOSUS;

EID: 84872352502     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.limno.2012.07.008     Document Type: Article

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