Improving predictions of the location and use of warrens in sensitive rabbit populations

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 426-433

  Barrio, I C ^a   Bueno, C G ^b   Tortosa, F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial warren; Conservation; Management; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Predictive map; Spatial autocorrelation; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIOMONITORING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PREDICTION; RODENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 70349602243     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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