Owl predation on snowshoe hares: Consequences of antipredator behaviour

Oecologia

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 303-310

  Rohner, Christoph ^a,b   Krebs, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bubo virginianus; Differential predation; Lepus americanus; Population cycles; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

BUBO; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; STRIGIFORMES;

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; GREAT HORNED OWL; SNOWSHOE HARE;

EID: 0029659302     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00334655     Document Type: Article

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