Home range and movements of the lower keys marsh rabbit in a highly fragmented habitat

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1042-1048

  Forys, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Humphrey, Stephen R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

dispersal; fragmentation; home range; metapopulation; Sylvilagus palustris hefneri

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SYLVILAGUS; SYLVILAGUS PALUSTRIS HEFNERI;

EID: 0030477361     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382784     Document Type: Article

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