Is the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) a threatened species in Spain? Sociological constraints in the conservation of species

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3489-3504

  Virgós, Emilio ^a   Cabezas Díaz, Sara ^a   Lozano, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decline; GAM; Haemorrhagic disease; Hunters; Population trends; Rabbit; Spain; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; DISEASE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; LAGOMORPH; POPULATION DECLINE; RED LIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 36148973523     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9054-5     Document Type: Article

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