Land abandonment may reduce disturbance and affect the breeding sites of an Endangered amphibian in northern Italy

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Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 280-287

  Canessa, Stefano ^a   Oneto, Fabrizio ^b   Ottonello, Dario ^b   Arillo, Attilio ^b   Salvidio, Sebastiano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bombina; cultural landscapes; disturbance; insolation; land use change; pond management; predation

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING SITE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOAD;

ITALY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOMBINA; BOMBINA VARIEGATA; BOMBINA VARIEGATA PACHYPUS;

EID: 84876347767     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605311001542     Document Type: Article

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