Influence of forest herbicide on snowshoe hare population dynamics: Reproduction, growth, and survival

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 112-119

  Sullivan, Thomas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYPHOSATE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SNOWSHOE HARE;

CANADA, BRITISH COLOMBIA, PRINCE GEORGE;

LEPUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0029666973     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x26-012     Document Type: Article

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