The Iberian ibex is under an expansion trend but displaced to suboptimal habitats by the presence of extensive goat livestock in central Spain

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3361-3376

  Acevedo, Pelayo ^a   Cassinello, Jorge ^a   Gortazar, Christian ^a  

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

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Capra hircus; Capra pyrenaica; Habitat displacement; Habitat suitability analysis; Livestock grazing system; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONSERVATION; DOMESTIC SPECIES; GOAT; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT SELECTION; LIVESTOCK; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WILD POPULATION;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CAPRA HIRCUS; CAPRA IBEX; CAPRA PYRENAICA;

EID: 36148981790     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9032-y     Document Type: Article

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