Key Role of European Rabbits in the Conservation of the Western Mediterranean Basin Hotspot
Article first published online: 31 JUL 2008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00993.x
©2008 Society for Conservation Biology
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DELIBES-MATEOS, M., DELIBES, M., FERRERAS, P. and VILLAFUERTE, R. (2008), Key Role of European Rabbits in the Conservation of the Western Mediterranean Basin Hotspot. Conservation Biology, 22: 1106–1117. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.00993.x
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- Issue published online: 24 SEP 2008
- Article first published online: 31 JUL 2008
- Paper submitted November 18, 2007; revised manuscript accepted March 3, 2008.
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