Influence of food abundance and quality on rabbit fluctuations: Conservation and management implications in Donana National Park (SW Spain)

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-356

  Villafuerte, Rafael ^a   Lazo, Alfonso ^b   Moreno, Sacramento ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Depto Biol de la Conservacion   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED BIRD; ENDANGERED MAMMAL; FOOD AVAILABILITY; POPULATION FLUCTUATION; RABBIT; REPRODUCTION;

SPAIN, ANDALUCIA, DONANA NATIONAL PARK;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031450097     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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