Evaluating mortality rates and causalities in a critically endangered felid across its whole distribution range

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 359-366

  López, Guillermo ^a   López Parra, Marcos ^a   Garrote, Germán ^a   Fernández, Leonardo ^a   del Rey Wamba, Teresa ^a   Arenas Rojas, Rafael ^a   García Tardío, Maribel ^a   Ruiz, Gema ^a   Zorrilla, Irene ^b   Moral, Manuel ^a   Simón, Miguel A ^a  

^a LIFE Project Conservation and Reintroduction of the Iberian Lynx in Andalusia Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucía   (Spain)

^b Centro de Análisis y Diagnóstico de la Fauna Silvestre CAD   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diseases; Iberian lynx; Mortality rate; Poaching; Survival

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE; LYNX; LYNX LYNX; LYNX PARDINUS;

EID: 84896050964     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-013-0794-8     Document Type: Article

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