The Near Extinction of Two Large European Predators: Super Specialists Pay a Price

By M. Ferrer, J. J. Negro. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Rabbit populations and game management: the situation after 15 years of rabbit haemorrhagic disease in central-southern Spain (2008, background): “They are a keystone species in the Iberian ecosystem (Delibes-Mateos et al. 2007), being the staple prey of at least 29 predators (Delibes and Hiraldo 1981), including the most endangered raptor (Spanish imperial eagle, Aquila adalberti) and carnivore (Iberian Lynx, Lynx pardinus) species in Europe ”
Hotspots of species richness, threat and endemism for terrestrial vertebrates in SW Europe (2011, background): “The Spanish Imperial Eagle (Aquila adalberti) and the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus), both endemic of the Iberian Peninsula, have been suggested as good examples of this type of speciation (Ferrer and Negro, 2004).”
Conservation biogeography of ecologically interacting species: the case of the Iberian lynx and the European rabbit (2009, background): “…that, at a local scale, lynx occurrence is largely determined by rabbit abundance, and that no conservation plan for the lynx can be successfully implemented without parallel plans for the local management of the rabbit (Delibes et al ., 2000; Palomares et al ., 2001; Ferrer & Negro, 2004).”
Rabbits as a keystone species in southern Europe (2007, background): “Indeed, some rabbit-specialist predators such as the Iberian Lynx (Lynx pardinus) and the Spanish imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti) are now considered as the most endangered cat and raptor of the world and Europe, respectively (Nowell and Jackson, 1996; Ferrer and Negro, 2004).”
Predator abundance in relation to small game management in southern Portugal: conservation implications (2009, background): “This is likely to be particularly relevant in the case of rabbits, which are a key prey for several endangered predators in the Iberian Peninsula ( Ferrer and Negro 2004; Delibes-Mateos et al. 2007), but which were very scarce outside game estates.”
A conservation paradox for the 21st century: The European wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus, an invasive alien and an endangered native species (2008, background): “This specialization on a single prey species with a declining population has brought these two ecologically similar taxa to the brink of extinction in the 21st century (Ferrer & Negro, 2004).”
Is a healthy ecosystem one that is rich in parasites? (2006, background): “For instance, the Iberian lynx Felis pardina is currently at the edge of extinction because rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus has wiped out the rabbits on which it depends [ 39 ].”
Long-term decline of the European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in south-western Spain (2007, background): “…1967; Delibes and Hiraldo 1981) and in Spain it is the staple prey of 29 predator species (Delibes and Hiraldo 1981), including the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) and the Spanish imperial eagle (Aquila adalberti), two endangered species that are highly dependent on rabbits (Ferrer and Negro 2004).”