Food of rabbits Oyctolagus cuniculus on upland grasslands in connemara

Biology and Environment

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 69-75

  Duffy, Siobhán G ^a   Fairley Mria, James S ^a   O'Donnell, Ger ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b Taighde Mara Teoranta   (Ireland)

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GRAZING;

EID: 0030319904     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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