Behavioural response of a trophic specialist, the Iberian lynx, to supplementary food: Patterns of food use and implications for conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1857-1867

  López Bao, José V ^a   Rodríguez, Alejandro ^a   Palomares, Francisco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accessibility; Behavioural response; Conservation; Exclusivity; Food limited populations; Habituation; Lynx pardinus; Specialist predators; Supplemental feeding

Indexed keywords

ACCESSIBILITY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FELID; FOOD LIMITATION; HABITUATION; LAGOMORPH; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIALIST; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 46749142021     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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