Spotting the right spot: Computer-aided individual identification of the threatened cerambycid beetle Rosalia alpina

Journal of Insect Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 787-795

  Caci, Giovanni ^a   Biscaccianti, Alessandro Bruno ^b   Cistrone, Luca ^c   Bosso, Luciano ^a   Garonna, Antonio Pietro ^a   Russo, Danilo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b not available   (Italy)

^c Forestry and Conservation   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forest; Habitats Directive; Mark recapture; Monitoring; Photoidentification; Population

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIGITIZATION; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION SIZE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84880510747     PISSN: 1366638X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10841-013-9561-0     Document Type: Article

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