Translocations as a risk for the conservation of European wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus lineages

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Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-264

  Delibes Mateos, Miguel ^a   Ramírez, Esther ^a   Ferreras, Pablo ^a   Villafuerte, Rafael ^a  

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

Author keywords

European rabbit; Hunting; Management; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Spain; Translocation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LAGOMORPH; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRANSLOCATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 42149182943     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308006984     Document Type: Article

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