Distribution and habitat use by pine marten Martes martes in a riparian corridor crossing intensively cultivated lowlands

Ecological Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 153-162

  Balestrieri, Alessandro ^a   Remonti, Luigi ^b   Ruiz González, Aritz ^c,d   Zenato, Michele ^b   Gazzola, Andrea ^b   Vergara, Maria ^c   Dettori, Ettore E ^b   Saino, Nicola ^a   Capelli, Enrica ^b   Gómez Moliner, Benjamín J ^c   Guidali, Franca ^a   Prigioni, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detectability; Faecal DNA; Non invasive genetic sampling; Northern Italy; Stone marten

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922105090     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-014-1220-8     Document Type: Article

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