Carnivore population trends in Spanish agrosystems after the reduction in food availability due to rabbit decline by rabbit haemorrhagic disease and improved waste management

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-165

  Sobrino, Raquel ^a   Acevedo, Pelayo ^a,b   Escudero, Marco A ^c   Marco, Javier ^c   Gortázar, Christian ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c Ebronatura SL Camino de Cabezón sn ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Disease ecology; Expansion processes; Population index

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; GENETTA GENETTA; MARTES FOINA; MELES MELES; MUSTELA NIVALIS; MUSTELA PUTORIUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 62949104287     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-008-0230-7     Document Type: Article

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