Land-use changes as a critical factor for long-term wild rabbit conservation in the Iberian Peninsula

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-176

  Delibes Mateos, Miguel ^a,b   Farfán, Miguel Ángel ^a,c   Olivero, Jesús ^a   Vargas, Juan Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

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

^c Biogea Consultores   (Spain)

Author keywords

agricultural intensification; favourability function; habitat loss; land abandonment; Oryctolagus cuniculus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; ANDALUSIA; CRITICAL FACTORS; FAVOURABILITY FUNCTION; HABITAT LOSS; IBERIAN PENINSULA; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LAND ABANDONMENTS; LANDUSE CHANGE; ORYCTOLAGI CUNICULUS;

LAND USE;

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAGOMORPH; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; VIRAL DISEASE;

ANDALUCIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77957276246     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892910000214     Document Type: Article

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