Conservation biogeography of ecologically interacting species: The case of the Iberian lynx and the European rabbit

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 390-400

  Real, Raimundo ^a   Barbosa, A Márcia ^a,b,c   Rodríguez, Alejandro ^d   García, Francisco J ^a   Vargas, J Mario ^a   Palomo, L Javier ^a   Delibes, Miguel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distribution changes; Lynx pardinus; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Predator prey interactions; Reintroduction planning; Spatial models

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FELID; LAGOMORPH; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REINTRODUCTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 64649103435     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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