Efectos de una especie invasora en Canarias: el conejo europeo

Rabbits are invasive to the Canary Islands, where they were introduced 500 years ago, during the conquest, from mainland Spain. Nowadays, they occupy all islands, almost all islets, and all the habitats of the archipelago. Rabbit negative impacts are manifested at different ecological levels, from affecting species population, to disrupt native networks of interactions, or to even cause the complete alteration of the structure of the ecosystem. Current ongoing researches in various ecosystems are very concluding: we are far from knowing how would be the natural looking of the ecosystems of the islands, and today we only see what is left after 500 years of herbivorous pressure. It is urgent to raise awareness of this serious problem to subsequently implement appropriate conservation measures to control and minimize the effects that rabbits are provoking to the incomparable and unique ecosystems of the Canary Islands.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	López-Darias, Marta, Palomares, Ángel, Rodríguez-Luengo, Juan L., Martín, Aurelio, Medina, Félix M., del Arco Aguilar, Marcelino J., Nogales, Manuel, Fernández, Ángel B., Garzón-Machado, Víctor, Leal, Julio, Cubas, Jonay, Díaz-Luis, Natalia, Bello-Rodríguez, Victor, García, Ángel, Chinea, Ramón, Durbán-Villalonga, Manuel, Martín, José Luis, Marrero, Manuel M., Pérez de Paz, Pedro L., González-Mancebo, Juana María
Format:	trabajo de divulgación biblioteca
Language:	Spanish / Castilian
Published:	2016
Subjects:	Especie invasora, Canarias, Conejo europeo, Biodiversidad, Cambio climático, http://metadata.un.org/sdg/13, http://metadata.un.org/sdg/15, Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss, Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts,
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10261/215155
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