The near extinction of two large European predators: Super specialists pay a price

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 344-349

  Ferrer, Miguel ^a   Negro, Juan José ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANID; EXTINCTION; RAPTOR; SPECIALIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AQUILA ADALBERTI; AQUILA HELIACA; AQUILA HELIACA ADALBERTI; CANIDAE; CICONIIFORMES; LYNX; LYNX EUROPACUS; LYNX LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; ORYCTOLOGUS CUNICULUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 1842815249     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00096.x     Document Type: Review

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