Habitat suitability modelling reveals a strong niche overlap between two poorly known species, the broom hare and the Pyrenean grey partridge, in the north of Spain

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 174-184

  Acevedo, Pelayo ^a   Alzaga, Vanesa ^a   Cassinello, Jorge ^a   Gortázar, Christian ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cantabrian mountains; ENFA methodology; Lepus castroviejoi; Niche description; Perdix perdix

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LAGOMORPH; NICHE OVERLAP; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CANTABRIAN MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN CORDILLERA; IBERIAN MASSIF; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CALLUNA; LEPUS CASTROVIEJOI; PERDIX PERDIX;

EID: 33847334713     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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