| detection of canine parvovirus in wolves from italy. | one hundred fifteen samples of wolf (canis lupus) feces were collected during 1994 to 1995 from four free-living populations of the north central apennines mountains, italy. the samples were tested for canine parvovirus by antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa), hemagglutination, and virus isolation. four of these samples were positive by virus isolation as confirmed by electron microscopy. all positive samples were from casentino park in tuscany. this is the first definitive ... | 1997 | 9249711 |
| predicting the spatial distribution of wolf (canis lupus) breeding areas in a mountainous region of central italy. | wolves (canis lupus) in italy represent a relict west european population. they are classified as vulnerable by iucn, though have increased in number and expanded their range in recent decades. here we use 17 years of monitoring data (from 1993 to 2010) collected in a mountainous region of central italy (arezzo, tuscany) in an ecological niche-based model (maxent) to characterize breeding sites (i.e. the areas where pups were raised) within home ranges, as detected from play-back responses. from ... | 2015 | 26035174 |