Main landscape metrics affecting abundance and diversity of game species in a semi-arid agroecosystem in the mediterranean region;Principales indicadores del paisaje que afectan a la comunidad de especies cinegéticas en un agroecosistema semiárido en la región mediterránea

Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1197-1212

  Belda, A ^a   Martinez Perez, J E ^a   Peiro, V ^a   Seva, E ^a   Arques, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Game community; GIS; Hunting bags; Mediterranean agrosystem; Semi arid climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 82755181713     PISSN: 1695971X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5424/sjar/20110904-470-10     Document Type: Article

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