Invasive exotic aoudad (Ammotragus lervia) as a major threat to native Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica): A habitat suitability model approach

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 587-597

  Acevedo, Pelayo ^a   Cassinello, Jorge ^a   Hortal, Joaquín ^b,c,d,e   Gortázar, Christian ^a  

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

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c Platform for Enhancing Ecological Research and Sustainability PEERS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; ENFA; Habitat suitability modelling; Iberian Peninsula; Resource competition; Ungulates

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GOAT; HUNTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; NICHE; SHEEP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMMOTRAGUS LERVIA; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA PYRENAICA; UNGULATA;

EID: 34547876829     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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