Recent invasion and status of the raccoon (Procyon lotor) in Spain

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1305-1310

  García, Jesús T ^a   García, Francisco José ^b   Alda, Fernando ^a   González, José Luis ^c   Aramburu, María José ^c   Cortés, Yolanda ^b   Prieto, Beatriz ^c   Pliego, Belén ^c   Pérez, María ^c   Herrera, Javier ^c   García Román, Loreto ^d  

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

^b BIOTA   (Spain)

^c Consultores en Biología de la Conservación ^*  (Spain)

^d Hospital del Sureste   (Spain)

Author keywords

Invasive alien species; Procyon lotor; Raccoon; Spain

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CARNIVORE; HABITAT USE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MAMMAL; MONITORING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION;

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR;

EID: 84862555149     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0157-x     Document Type: Article

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