The use of sighting data to analyse Iberian lynx habitat and distribution

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 812-824

  Palma, Luís ^a   Beja, Pedro ^a   Rodrigues, Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^b Estrada Senhora da Cabeça4 ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Conservation; Geostatistics; Logistic regression; Lynx pardinus; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; HABITAT TYPE; METHODOLOGY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032741079     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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