Proposal to reintroduce Iberian lynx on abandoned agricultural land

Friday, September 18, 2009 - 07:28 in Biology & Nature

Spanish scientists have developed a model to identify the agricultural areas with the greatest potential for restoring the habitat of the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), which is at risk of extinction. The study shows that olive groves with low production close to the Natural Park of the Sierra de Cardena y Montoro, in Cordoba - which is the only place, along with Donana, where this species lives - are the most appropriate sites for this purpose...

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