Hunting for answers: Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) population trends in northeastern Spain

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-28

  Williams, Daryl ^a,b   Acevedo, Pelayo ^b   Gortázar, Christian ^b   Escudero, Marco A ^c   Labarta, José Luis ^c   Marco, Javier ^c   Villafuerte, Rafael ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance; Diseases; European wild rabbit; Human influence; Iberian Peninsula

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 33846565741     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-006-0056-0     Document Type: Article

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