Survival and causes of mortality among wild Red-legged Partridges Alectoris rufa in southern Spain: Implications for conservation

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 720-730

  Buenestado, Francisco J ^a,b   Ferreras, Pablo ^a   Blanco Aguiar, José A ^a,c   Tortosa, Francisco S ^d   Villafuerte, Rafael ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Diseases; Game management; Gamebird; Hunting; Predation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BODY CONDITION; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE; GAMEBIRD; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HUNTING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SCRUB; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ALECTORIS RUFA;

EID: 70349414654     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00952.x     Document Type: Article

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