Captive breeding of wild rabbits: Techniques and population dynamics

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1801-1804

  Arenas, Antonio J ^a   Astorga, Rafael J ^a   García, Ignacio ^a   Varo, Antonio ^a   Huerta, Belen ^a   Carbonero, Alfonso ^a   Cadenas, Rafael ^a   Perea, Anselmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Captivity breeding; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Population dynamics; Preventive medicine; Southern Spain; Wild rabbit

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVITY; LAGOMORPH; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 33846846633     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1801:CBOWRT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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