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"Study
relating to the presence and ecology of mustelids
in the forest area Bosco della Selva
(Siena)".
The aim of the research project is to gather
scientific data on large and medium sized mustelids
- badgers (Meles meles), pine martens
(Martes martes), beech martens (Martes
foina) and European polecat (Mustela
putorius), inhabiting a mediterranean oak-wood
forest (Quercus cerris, Quercus
pubescens). Research interests include
territory dynamics such as the use of space and
habitat, diet and activity patterns. The project
started in August 2005 under the authorization of
the Tuscan Region. Scientific board: Ethoikos -
Radicondoli, and Department of Biology - Tor
Vergata University - Rome.
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