Locomotor and foraging activity of the white-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus townsendii)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1172-1181

  Rogowitz, Gordon L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Activity; Environmental variation; Foraging; Lepus townsendii; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; CANIS LATRANS; LEPORIDAE; LEPUS TOWNSENDII;

EID: 0001523659     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383060     Document Type: Article

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