Conservation value of linear woody remnants for two forest carnivores in a Mediterranean agricultural landscape

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 611-620

  Pereira, Marian ^a   Rodríguez, Alejandro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agri environmental schemes; Agroecosystems; Biodiversity conservation; Connectivity; Farmland; Genetta genetta; Habitat selection; Hedgerows; Herpestes ichneumon; Landscape restoration

Indexed keywords

AGRI-ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARNIVORE; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HEDGEROW; HOME RANGE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MAMMAL; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATURE RESERVE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WOODY PLANT;

SPAIN;

CARNIVORA; GENETTA GENETTA; HERPESTES ICHNEUMON; HERPESTIDAE; ILEX; OLEA EUROPAEA; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 77952861113     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01804.x     Document Type: Article

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