Pine marten vs. stone marten in agricultural lowlands: a landscape-scale, genetic survey

Mammal Research - Tập 61 Số 4 - Trang 327-335 - 2016
Alessandro Balestrieri1, Aritz Ruíz-González2, Enrica Capelli3, María Vergara2, Claudio Prigioni3, Nicola Saino1
1Department of Biosciences, University of Milan, Via Celoria 26, 20133, Milan, Italy
2Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), C/Paseo de la Universidad 7, 01006, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
3Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Pavia, via Taramelli 22, 27100, Pavia, Italy

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