Looking for the Iberian lynx in central Spain: A needle in a haystack?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-305

  Alda, Fernando ^a   Inoges J ^b   Alcaraz, L ^a   Oria, J ^c   Aranda, A ^c   Doadrio, I ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b Fundacion CBD Habitat   (Spain)

^c Junta Comunidades de Castilla La Mancha ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Genetic species identification; Iberian Peninsula; Lynx pardinus; Non invasive sampling

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

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

LYNX; LYNX LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 48749092700     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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