Vaccination success and body condition in the European wild rabbit: Applications for conservation strategies

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1125-1131

  Cabezas, Sonia ^a   Calvete, Carlos ^b   Moreno, Sacramento ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body condition; European wild rabbit; Myxomatosis; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Rabbit hemorrhagic disease; Spain; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISEASE; IMMUNIZATION; MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; TRANSLOCATION; VACCINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33748999544     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1125:VSABCI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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