Adaptation to life in the desert in the brown hare (Lepus capensis)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 171-178

  Kronfeld, Noga ^a   Shkolnik, Amiram ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Digestibility; Energy; Food; Lepus capensis; Succulent plants; Urine osmolality

Indexed keywords

LEPUS CAPENSIS;

EID: 0030049677     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382718     Document Type: Article

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