Population and individual-scale responses to patch size, isolation and quality in the hazel dormouse

Ecosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Mortelliti, Alessio ^a,b   Sozio, Giulia ^a   Driscoll, Don A ^b   Bani, Luciano ^c   Boitani, Luigi ^a   Lindenmayer, David B ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central italy; Demography; Habitat loss and fragmentation; Habitat quality; Landscape change; Muscardinus avellanarius; Occupancy; Patch isolation; Patch quality; Patch size; Population ecology; Survival

Indexed keywords

MUSCARDINUS AVELLANARIUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84919635778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES14-00115.1     Document Type: Article

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