Seasonal habitat preference by the flagship species Testudo hermanni: Implications for the conservation of coastal dunes

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 338, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 343-350

  Berardo, Fabiana ^a   Carranza, Maria Laura ^a   Frate, Ludovico ^a   Stanisci, Angela ^a   Loy, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Central Italy; Habitat selection function; Habitats directive (92 43 CEE); Hermann's tortoise; Resampling method

Indexed keywords

JUNIPERUS MACROCARPA; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO HERMANNI;

ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; ITALY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POACEAE; SEASON; TELEMETRY; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; ITALY; PLANTS; POACEAE; SEASONS; TELEMETRY; TURTLES;

EID: 84957790235     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: 17683238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2015.03.002     Document Type: Article

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