Updating Distribution, Ecology, and Hotspots for Three Amphibian Species to Set Conservation Priorities in a European Glacial Refugium
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Target Species and Study Area
2.2. Data Collection
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Bombina pachypus
3.2. Salamandrina terdigitata
3.3. Triturus carnifex
4. Discussion
4.1. Bombina pachypus
4.2. Salamadrina terdigitata
4.3. Triturus carnifex
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Bernabò, I.; Cittadino, V.; Tripepi, S.; Marchianò, V.; Piazzini, S.; Biondi, M.; Iannella, M. Updating Distribution, Ecology, and Hotspots for Three Amphibian Species to Set Conservation Priorities in a European Glacial Refugium. Land 2022, 11, 1292. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11081292
Bernabò I, Cittadino V, Tripepi S, Marchianò V, Piazzini S, Biondi M, Iannella M. Updating Distribution, Ecology, and Hotspots for Three Amphibian Species to Set Conservation Priorities in a European Glacial Refugium. Land. 2022; 11(8):1292. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11081292
Chicago/Turabian StyleBernabò, Ilaria, Viviana Cittadino, Sandro Tripepi, Vittoria Marchianò, Sandro Piazzini, Maurizio Biondi, and Mattia Iannella. 2022. "Updating Distribution, Ecology, and Hotspots for Three Amphibian Species to Set Conservation Priorities in a European Glacial Refugium" Land 11, no. 8: 1292. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11081292