European rabbit survival and recruitment are linked to epidemiological and environmental conditions in their exotic range

Austral Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 945-957

  Fordham, Damien A ^a   Sinclair, Ron G ^b   Peacock, David E ^b   Mutze, Greg J ^b   Kovaliski, John ^b   Cassey, Phillip ^a   Capucci, Lorenzo ^c   Brook, Barry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Natural Resources Management Biosecurity Unit   (Australia)

^c ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capture mark recapture; Climate change; Invasive species; Myxoma virus; Myxomatosis; Pest management; Rabbit haemorrhagic disease; RHD

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOME RANGE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAGOMORPH; LIFE HISTORY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NATIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEST CONTROL; PEST SPECIES; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SURVIVAL; VIRUS;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84869872925     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2011.02354.x     Document Type: Article

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