Effect of wildfires and post-fire forest treatments on rabbit abundance

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 201-209

  Rollan, Àlex ^a   Real, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Burnt branches; Forest fires; Management; Mediterranean scrubland; Oryctolagus cuniculus

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79952816002     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0412-y     Document Type: Article

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