Reverse of the Decline of the Endangered Iberian Lynx

Conservation Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 731-736

  Simón, Miguel A ^a   Gil Sánchez, José M ^b   Ruiz, Gema ^b   Garrote, Germán ^b   Mccain, Emil B ^b,c   Fernández, Leonardo ^b   López Parra, Marcos ^b   Rojas, Eva ^b   Arenas Rojas, Rafael ^b   Rey, Teresa Del ^b   García Tardío, Maribel ^b   López, Guillermo ^b  

^a JUNTA DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^b Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucía ^*  (Spain)

^c Iberus Medio Ambiente SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; LYNX; MALE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ANIMALS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; LYNX; MALE;

LYNX;

EID: 84864012154     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01871.x     Document Type: Note

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