1. Effectiveness of traditional wild rabbit restocking in Spain
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J. J. Osacar, Carlos Calvete, Javier Lucientes, and Rafael Villafuerte
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Myxomatosis ,Vulpes ,Ecology ,Captivity ,Zoology ,Biology ,biology.organism_classification ,medicine.disease ,Predation ,medicine ,Biological dispersal ,Animal Science and Zoology ,Predator ,Wild rabbit ,Survival rate ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
Since myxomatosis, around half a million rabbits are restocked annually in France and the Iberian Peninsula. The effectiveness of this approach to restoration is still unknown. In this study, the efficacy of traditional restocking was evaluated by marking rabbits with radiocollars and reproducing the methodology usually employed in Spain. The estimated mean survival rate for the first 10 days after release was very low (
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- 1997
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