Habitat-related heterogeneity in breeding in a metapopulation of the Iberian lynx

Ecography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 431-439

  Fernández, Néstor ^a,b   Delibes, Miguel ^a   Palomares, Francisco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FELID; FITNESS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; METAPOPULATION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREY AVAILABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS;

EID: 34250005155     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2007.05005.x     Document Type: Article

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