Anthropomorphic Factors Influencing Spanish Conservation Policies of Vertebrates

Table 1

Description and data source of the dependent variables.

Variable type	Attributes	Organizational level	Data source
	Red lists^a
	Vertebrates’ threatened category:	International	IUCN [69] (http://www.iucnredlist.org/)
Ordinal	7: EX; RE; 6: EW; 5: CR; 4: EN; 3: VU; 2: NT; 1: LC; 0: DD and non	National	Atlas and Red Book of fish in Spain [70]; Atlas and Red Book of amphibians and reptiles in Spain [71]; The breeding bird Atlas in Spain [72]; Atlas and Red Book of terrestrial mammals in Spain [73]
		Subnational	Red Book of the Vertebrates Threatened in Andalucía [74]
	Legal listing^b
	1: included; 0: excluded	International	Habitats Directive (Council Directive 92/43/EEC); Birds Directive (Council Directive 79/409/EEC)
Ordinal	Vertebrates’ threatened category:	National	National Catalogue of Endangered Species (Law 4/1989) and Royal Decree (439/1990).
	4: EN; 3: SHC; 2: VU; 1: SI; 0: non	Subnational	Law 8/2003 of Wild Flora and Fauna of Andalucía
	Conservation budget
Continuous	Ln (Funding allocation to vertebrates’ conservation).	International	Life projects database (2003–2007 years) (http://ec.europa.eu/environment/lif/project/Projects/index.cfm)
		National	Environmental projects published in the Official Spanish Gazette (2003–2007 years); Annual Reports of National Parks Organization for Spanish National Parks (2003–2007 years); The Biodiversity Foundation database (2004–2007 years)

a(EX) extinct; (RE) at subnational level, regionally extinct; (EW) extinct in the wild; (CR) critically endangered; (EN) endangered; (VU) vulnerable; (NT) near threatened; (LC) least concern; (DD) data deficient; (Non) nonlisted.
^b(EN) endangered; (SHC) sensitive to habitat change; (VU) vulnerable; (SI), special interest; (Non) nonlisted.