Use of dens by radiotracked brown hares Lepus europaeus

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-209

  Angelici, Francesco M ^a   Riga, Francesco ^b   Boitani, Luigi ^c   Luiselli, Luca ^a  

^a Ital Found of Vertebrate Zoology   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brown hare; Den use; Lepus europaeus; Radiotracking; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; TELEMETRY;

LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 0032747259     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(99)00064-9     Document Type: Article

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