Techniques for assessing the abundance of Brown Hares Lepus europaeus

Mammal Review

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 93-116

  Langbein, J ^a,c   Hutchings, M R ^a,d   Harris, S ^a   Stoate, C ^b   Tapper, S C ^b   Wray, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belt transects; Faecal pellet counts; Lepus europaeus; Line transects; Spotlight counts; Survey techniques

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; METHODOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE;

EUROPE;

LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 0032706919     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2907.1999.00040.x     Document Type: Article

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