Surprising low abundance of european wildcats in a mediterranean protected area of Southwestern Spain

Mammalia

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-65

  Soto, Carolina A ^a   Palomares, Francisco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

European wildcat; Felis silvestris; Photo trapping; Protected areas; Track counts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898622155     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2013-0054     Document Type: Article

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