Multi-criteria assessment of a proposed ecotourism, environmental education and research infrastructure in a unique lagoon ecosystem: The Encanizadas del Mar Menor (Murcia, SE Spain)

Human disturbance is widespread across landscapes in the form of roads that alter wildlife populations. Knowing which road features are responsible for the species response and their relevance in comparison with environmental variables will provide useful information for effective conservation measures. We sampled relative abundance of European rabbits, a very widespread species, in motorway verges at regional scale, in an area with large variability in environmental and infrastructure conditions. Environmental variables included vegetation structure, plant productivity, distance to water sources, and altitude. Infrastructure characteristics were the type of vegetation in verges, verge width, traffic volume, and the presence of embankments. We performed a variance partitioning analysis to determine the relative importance of two sets of variables on rabbit abundance. Additionally, we identified the most important …

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Date of creation 2024-09-17
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Metadata identifier f2605e3b-be13-5de9-b398-f40435011d57
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Other identifier DOI 10.1016/j.jnc.2017.10.007
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  1. Journal for Nature Conservation
  2. vol 43
  3. 201-210
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Name of the dataset creator Robledano, F., Esteve, M.A., Calvo, Jose F., Martinez-Paz, J.M., Farinos, P., Carreno, M.F., Soto, I., Aviles, M., Ballesteros, G.A., Martinez-Banos, P. y Zamora, A.
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