Habitat utilization in a stratified upland landscape by two lagomorphs with different feeding strategies

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 315-324

  Hulbert, Ian A R ^a,c   Iason, Glenn R ^b   Racey, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Feeding strategies; Habitat selection; Mountain hares; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PICEA; POACEAE;

HABITAT USE; RABBIT;

EID: 0030469736     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2404753     Document Type: Article

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