Causes of human impact to protected vertebrate wildlife parallel long-term socio-economical changes in Spain

Animal Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 286-294

  Martinez Abrain A ^a,b   Crespo, J ^c   Berdugo, M ^d   Gutierrez L ^d   Lafuente, A ^d   Manas A ^d   de Miguel, J M ^d  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c Centro de Recuperación de Fauna 'La Granja'   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economy; Hunting; Impacts; Poisoning; Power lines; Wildlife conservation; Wind farms

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HUNTING; NATURE CONSERVATION; POWER LINE; PROTECTED AREA; WIND FARM;

SPAIN;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878464265     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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