1. Conserving indigenous crayfish: stock assessment and habitat requirements in the threatenedAustropotamobius italicus
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Catherine Souty-Grosset, Sara Brusconi, Massimiliano Scalici, Silvia Bertocchi, B. Renai, Francesca Gherardi, UNIVERSITY OF FIRENZE Dipt di Biologia Animale e Genetica 'Leo Pardi' (UNIVERSITY OF FIRENZE), Università degli Studi di Firenze = University of Florence [Firenze] (UNIFI), Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Ecologie, Evolution, Symbiose (EES), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Poitiers, Brusconi, S, Bertocchi, S, Renai, B, Scalici, Massimiliano, SOUTY GROSSET, C, and Gherardi, F.
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0106 biological sciences ,Austropotamobius ,Ecology ,biology ,010604 marine biology & hydrobiology ,Endangered species ,15. Life on land ,Aquatic Science ,Crayfish ,biology.organism_classification ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Austropotamobius pallipes ,Fishery ,Habitat ,Threatened species ,Conservation status ,14. Life underwater ,Habitats Directive ,[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology ,population size ,population structure ,habitat requirements ,crayfish ,Austropotamobius italicus ,threatened species ,SACs ,Nature and Landscape Conservation - Abstract
International audience; As part of the Austropotamobius pallipes species complex, the crayfish Austropotamobius italicus is a species of community interest whose preservation requires the designation of Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) (Annex II, EU Habitats Directive). This study aimed at (1) assessing the conservation status of this threatened indigenous species by stock assessment in central Italy and (2) identifying some aspects of its elective habitat.
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- 2008
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