Distribution and abundance of the Amami rabbit Pentalagus furnessi in the Amami and Tokuno Islands Japan

ORYX

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 198-206

  Sugimura, Ken ^a   Sato, Shigeho ^b   Yamada, Fumio ^a   Abe, Shintaro ^c   Hirakawa, Hirofumi ^c   Handa, Yukari ^c  

^a Forestry Science and Technology Institute   (Japan)

^b National Institute of Forest Science   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Abundance index; Endangered species; Forest management; Population trend; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAGOMORPH;

JAPAN;

PENTALAGUS FURNESSI;

EID: 0033858042     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.2000.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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