Establishing a serological surveillance protocol for rabbit hemorrhagic disease by combining mathematical models and field data: Implication for rabbit conservation

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 725-733

  Cotilla, Irene ^a   Delibes Mateos, Miguel ^a   Ramírez, Esther ^a   Castro, Francisca ^a   Cooke, Brian D ^b   Villafuerte, Rafael ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

RHD Oryctolagus cuniculus; Spain wildlife epidemiology population trend abundance

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77956880134     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0368-y     Document Type: Article

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