Natal dispersal of snowshoe hares during a cyclic population increase

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 933-939

  Gillis, Elizabeth A ^a   Krebs, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food addition; Lepus americanus; Natal dispersal; Population cycles; Snowshoe hare; Yukon

Indexed keywords

LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0000228310     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383263     Document Type: Article

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