European Journal of Wildlife Research
Review
EUROPEAN RABBIT RESEARCH IN THE IBERIAN PENINSULA: STATE OF
THE ART AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES
Ferreira, C.1,2*
1
Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC-CSIC-UCLM-JCCM),
Ronda
2
de
Toledo,
s/n,
13071
Ciudad
Real,
Spain
CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos
(Universidade do Porto), Campus Agrário de Vairão, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
*Corresponding author:
E-mail: catferreira@gmail.com
Postal address: Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC-CSICUCLM-JCCM),
Ronda
de
Toledo,
s/n,
13071
Ciudad
Real,
Spain
Tel: + 34 926295450
Fax: + 34 926295451
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Supplementary Table S1 – Summary of the scientific literature available about the European rabbit in the Iberian Peninsula until 31st December
2011 (n=266 papers). Note: This review was performed using the ISI Web of Science®, Google Scholar™ and SCOPUS® web engines,
searching for terms that stemmed from the following words, in the following combinations: (“rabbit” OR “Oryctolagus” OR “leporid” OR
“lagomorph”) AND (“Iberian Peninsula” OR “Spain” OR “Portugal” OR “Mediterranean”).
Author(s)
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Almería S, Calvete C, Pagés A et al.
Angulo E
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Angulo E, Cooke B
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Title
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Evidence for recombination in the major capsid
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2008 335.
Molecular characterisation and recent evolution of
Archives of Virology 154:1659myxoma virus in Spain.
2009 1670.
Evolutionary history and molecular epidemiology
of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus in the Iberian
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Peninsula and Western Europe.
2010 10:347-357.
Energy expenditure and prey requirements of freeJournal of Wildlife Management
ranging Iberian lynx in southwestern Spain.
1991 55:635-641.
Factors affecting the seroprevalence of
Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild rabbits
Veterinary Parasitology 123:265(Oryctolagus cuniculus) from Spain.
2004 270.
When DNA research menaces biodiversity.
2001 Nature 410:739.
Towards a unique and transmissible vaccine
against myxomatosis and rabbit haemorrhagic
Wildlife Research 34(7):567disease for rabbit populations.
2007 577.
First synthesize new viruses then regulate their
Molecular Ecology 11(12):2703release? The case of the wild rabbit.
2002 2709.
Modelling hunting strategies for the conservation
Biological Conservation
of wild rabbit populations.
2003 115:291–301.
Blood biochemical polymorphisms as markers for
genetic characteristics of wild Spanish and
domestic rabbits.
1989 Genetica 79(1):1-9
Evidence for transferrin polymorphism in Spanish
wild rabbits.
1987 Anim Genetics 18(2):125-132
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Barrio IC, Bueno CG, Tortosa FS
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wild rabbit: efficacy of a control program in
Mediterranean habitats in southern Spain.
Captive breeding of wild rabbits: techniques and
population dynamics.
Horizontal transmissible protection against
myxomatosis and rabbit hemorrhagic disease by
using a recombinant myxoma virus.
Isolation of an attenuated myxoma virus field
strain that can confer protection against
myxomatosis on contacts of vaccinates.
The presence of rabbits adjacent to roads increases
polecat road mortality.
Assessment of methods for estimating wild rabbit
population abundance in agricultural landscapes.
Improving predictions of the location and use of
warrens in sensitive rabbit populations.
Alternative food and rabbit damage in vineyards of
southern Spain.
Harbouring pests: rabbit warrens in agricultural
landscapes.
Predator abundance in relation to small game
management in southern Portugal: conservation
implications.
Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus habitats in
Mediterranean scrubland: the role of scrub
structure and composition.
Temporal abundance pattern of the wild rabbit in
Doñana, SW Spain.
Environmental determinants of circadian activity
of free-ranging Iberian lynxes.
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origin of systematic heteroplasmy and organization
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National Park (SW Spain): phenology and a
probable case of communal nesting.
Biochemical and population genetics of the rabbit,
Oryctolagus cuniculus, carbonic anhydrases I and
II, from the Iberian Peninsula and France.
Genetic polymorphism of rabbit (Oryctolagus
cuniculus) tissue acid phosphatases (ACP2 and
ACP3).
Phylogeography of the European rabbit
(Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the Iberian Peninsula
inferred from RFLP analysis of the cytochrome b
gene.
Extensive genetic polymorphism of peptidases A,
B, C, and D, in wild rabbit (Oryctolagus
cuniculus) populations from the Iberian Peninsula.
Postglacial dispersal of the European rabbit
(Oryctolagus cuniculus) on the Iberian Peninsula
reconstructed from nested glade and mismatch
analyses of mitochondrial DNA genetic variation.
Physiological stress levels predict survival
probabilities in wild rabbits.
Vaccination success and body condition in the
European wild rabbit: applications for
conservation strategies.
Survival of translocated wild rabbits: importance
of habitat, physiological and immune condition.
An experimental study of translocation success and
habitat improvement in wild rabbits.
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2002 Evolution 56(4):792-803
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The presence of a “competitor pit effect”
compromises wild rabbit (Orcytolagus cuniculus)
conservation.
Microhabitat selection of the European rabbit on
La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain.
The use of immunization programs in wild
populations: modelling effectiveness of
vaccination campaigns against rabbit hemorrhagic
disease.
Modeling the effect of population dynamics on the
impact of rabbit hemorrhagic disease.
Conservation of European wild rabbit populations
when hunting is age and sex selective.
Quarantine length and survival of translocated
European wild rabbits.
Short-term survival and dispersal of translocated
European wild rabbits. Improving the release
protocol.
Habitat related to wild rabbit conservation in an
agricultural landscape.
Effects of vaccination against viral haemorrhagic
disease and myxomatosis on long-term mortality
rates of European wild rabbits.
Short-term negative effects of vaccination
campaigns against myxomatosis and viral
hemorrhagic disease (VHD) on the survival of
european wild rabbits.
Epidemiology of viral haemorrhagic disease and
myxomatosis in a free-living population of wild
rabbits.
Habitat factors related to wild rabbit population
trends after the initial impact of rabbit
haemorrhagic disease.
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Caro J, Ontiveros D, Pleguezuelos JM
Carvalho JC, Gomes P
Carvalho JC, Gomes P
Carvalho JC, Gomes P
Effectiveness of traditional wild rabbit restocking
in Spain.
Estimating the size of European rabbits consumed
by predators: relationship between body mass and
tooth dimensions.
Seasonal variations in lipid composition of
Spanish wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) meat.
Evidence for contrasting modes of selection at
interacting globin genes in the European rabbit
(Oryctolagus cuniculus).
Speciation in the European rabbit (Oryctolagus
cuniculus): islands of differentiation on the X
chromosome and autosomes.
Extensive intragenic recombination and patterns of
linkage disequilibrium at the CSN3 locus in
European rabbit.
Recombination and speciation: loci near
centromeres are more differentiated than loci near
telomeres between subspecies of the European
rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Habitat features of settlement areas used by
floaters of Bonellis and Golden Eagles.
The feeding ecology of Bonelli's eagle (Aquila
fasciata) floaters in southern Spain: implications
for conservation.
Influence of herbaceous cover, shelter and land
cover structure on wild rabbit abundance in NW
Portugal.
Habitat suitability model for European wild rabbit
(Oryctolagus cuniculus) with implications for
restocking.
Feeding resource partitioning among four
sympatric carnivores in the Peneda-Gerês National
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Is habitat management an effective tool for wild
rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) population
reinforcement?
Cryptic leishmaniosis by Leishmania infantum, a
feature of canines only? A study of natural
infection in wild rabbits, humans and dogs in
southeastern Spain.
Establishing a serological surveillance protocol for
rabbit hemorrhagic disease by combining
mathematical models and field data: implication
for rabbit conservation.
Rabbit conservation: models to evaluate the effects
of timing of restocking on recipient and donor
populations.
Molecular characterisation of virulence graded
field isolates of myxoma virus.
Feeding ecology of the Spanish lynx in the Coto
Doñana.
Key role of European rabbits in the conservation of
the Western Mediterranean Basin hotspot.
Long-term changes in game species over a long
period of transformation in the Iberian
Mediterranean landscape.
Land-use changes as a critical factor for long-term
wild rabbit conservation in the Iberian Peninsula.
Feeding responses of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) to
different wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
densities: a regional approach.
Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) abundance and
protected areas in central-southern Spain: why they
do not match?
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European wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus
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Rabbits as a keystone species in southern Europe.
Can adult and juvenile European rabbits be
differentiated by their pellet sizes?
The paradox of keystone species persecuted as
pests: a call for the conservation of abundant small
mammals in their native range.
Habitat use for warren building by European
rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in relation to
landscape structure in a sand dune system.
The rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) as a seed
disperser in a coastal dune system.
Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) as dispersers of
Retama monosperma seeds in a coastal dune
system.
First record of rabbit carrion consumption by
Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) on the Iberian
Peninsula.
Dietary shifts in two vultures after the demise of
supplementary feeding stations: consequences of
the EU sanitary legislation.
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(Portugal).
The helminth parasites of the wild rabbit
Oryctolagus cuniculus and their effect on host
condition in Dunas de Mira, Portugal.
Detection of positive selection in the major capsid
protein VP60 of the RHDV.
Allelic variation at the V(H)a locus in natural
populations of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus, L.).
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cuniculus) distribution after the spread of RVHD
in Cadiz Province, Spain.
Distribution modelling of wild rabbit hunting
yields in its original area (S Iberian Peninsula).
Niche relations among three sympatric
Mediterranean carnivores.
Effect of the viral hemorrhagic pneumonia of the
wild rabbit on the diet and breeding success of the
Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos (L.).
Uneven sex-ratio of wild rabbits taken by Golden
eagles.
Spatial patterns in European rabbit abundance after
a population collapse.
Towards a standardized index of European rabbit
abundance in Iberian Mediterranean habitats.
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Transferrin (Tf) polymorphism in wild rabbit,
Oryctolagus cuniculus.
Demonstration of serum-albumin (ALB)
polymorphism in wild rabbits, Oryctolagus
cuniculus, by means of isoelectric focusing.
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and diet of wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus
algirus) populations in Mediterranean ecosystems.
The usefulness of field data and hunting statistics
in the assessment of wild rabbit (Oryctolagus
cuniculus) conservation status in Portugal.
Field experimental vaccination campaigns against
myxomatosis and their effectiveness in the wild.
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Short-term responses of mammalian carnivores to
a sudden collapse of rabbits in Mediterranean
Spain.
Genetic characterization of vancomycin-resistant
enterococci isolates from wild rabbits.
Parasites (viruses, coccidia and helminths) of the
wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) introduced to
Canary Islands from Iberian Peninsula.
Helminths of the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus
cuniculus) in Macaronesia.
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European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
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Mediterranean dehesa pastures.
Contradiction in conservation of island
ecosystems: plants, introduced herbivores and
avian scavengers in the Canary Islands.
Myxomatosis in wild rabbit: design of control
programs in Mediterranean ecosystems.
Factors affecting the seroprevalence of lagovirus
infection in wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
in Southern Spain.
Epidemiology of gastrointestinal nematodiasis in
wild rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from central
Spain.
Strong negative effect of alien herbivores on
endemic legumes of the Canary pine forest.
Small game water troughs in a Spanish agrarian
pseudo steppe: visits and water site choice by wild
fauna.
Rabbit warren distribution in relation to pasture
communities in Mediterranean habitats:
consequences for management of rabbit
populations.
Reduced introgression of the Y chromosome
between subspecies of the European rabbit
(Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the Iberian Peninsula.
A 7-bp insertion in the 3’ untranslated region
suggests the duplication and concerted evolution
of the rabbit SRY gene.
Contrasting patterns of introgression at X-linked
loci across the hybrid zone between subspecies of
the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).
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Gil-Sánchez JM, Valenzuela G, Sanchez JF
Gómez-Sal A, Rey-Benayas JM, López-Pintor A et al.
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González LM, Margalida A, Sánchez R et al.
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High levels of nucleotide diversity in the European
rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) SRY gene.
Feeding ecology of the Iberian lynx Lynx pardinus
in eastern Sierra Morena (Southern Spain).
Iberian wild cat Felis silvestris tartessia predation
on rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus: functional
response and age selection.
Role of disturbance in maintaining a savanna-like
pattern in Mediterranean Retama Retama
sphaeorcarpa shrubland.
Seasonal variation in the reproductive activity of
the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus algirus) in
a Mediterranean ecosystem.
Supplementary feeding as an effective tool for
improving breeding success in the Spanish
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Interactions between rabbits and dung beetles
influence the establishment of Erodium praecox.
Salmonella sp. in game (Sus scrofa and
Oryctolagus cuniculus)
Incidence of viral hemorrhagic disease in wild
rabbit populations in Spain.
First epizootic of rabbit hemorrhagic disease in
free living populations of Oryctolagus cuniculus at
Doñana National Park, Spain.
Environmental factors influencing the seasonal
daily activity of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus
cuniculus) in a Mediterranean area.
Influence of food abundance and quality on rabbit
fluctuations: conservation and management
implications in Doñana National Park (SW Spain).
Predation risk, cover type, and group size in
European rabbits in Doñana (SW Spain).
Size of rabbits consumed by black kites increased
after a rabbit epizootic.
Extensive predator persecution caused by
population crash in a game species: the case of red
kites and rabbits in Spain.
Immunogenetics 49(7-8):6291999 643.
Wildlife Research 34(6):4982007 506.
Journal of Natural History
2004 38(6):705-715.
Journal of Arid Environments
2009 73(8):713-718.
Foodborne Pathogens and
2011 Disease 8(6):739-740.
1995 Mammalia 59(4):651-659.
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
1994 30(2):176-179.
1993 Mammalia 57(3):341-347.
Révue d'Écologie, La Terre et la
1997 Vie 52(4):345-356.
Acta Theriologica 42(2):2251997 230.
1999 Mammal Review 29(4):261-264.
Biological Conservation
1998 84(2):181-188.
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Willot SJ, Miller AJ, Incoll LD et al.
Importance of rabbits in the diet and reproductive
success of black kites in southwestern Spain.
Nesting dispersion of a black kite population in
relation to location of rabbit warrens.
Is the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) a
threatened species in Spain? Sociological
constraints in the conservation of species.
Factors shaping European rabbit abundance in
continuous and fragmented populations of central
Spain.
Relationship between small-game hunting and
carnivore diversity in central Spain.
Hunting for answers: rabbit (Oryctolagus
cuniculus) population trends in northeastern Spain.
The contribution of rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus
L.) to soil fertility in semi-arid Spain.
Ornis Scandinavica 23(2):1321992 138.
Canadian Journal of Zoology
1994 72(9):1680-1683.
Biodiversity and Conservation
2007 16:3489-3504.
Acta Theriologica 48(1):1132003 122.
Biodiversity and Conservation
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European Journal of Wildlife
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Biology and Fertility of Soils
2000 31:379–384.
Note: Grey literature on the European rabbit in the Iberian Peninsula is a major source of information (mostly written in Spanish),
especially at the local level. For rabbit contributions to the diet of predator species, see “Ardeola” (http://www.ardeola.org/pubs) and “Galemys”
(http://www.secem.es/Secem_publicaciones.htm); for management and conservation of European rabbit populations in the Iberian Peninsula, see
also “Wildlife Biology in Practice” (http://socpvs.org/journals/index.php/wbp); for veterinary aspects see “Revista Ibero-Latinoamericana de
Parasitología” (http://www.socepa.es/revista/) and “Medicina Veterinária”.
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