A regional model of the eastern cottontail and land-use changes in Illinois

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 956-963

  Mankin, Philip C ^a   Warner, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance index; Agriculture; Eastern cottontail; Habitat; Hunting; Predictive models; Sylvilagus floridanus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAGOMORPH; LAND USE; POPULATION DECLINE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; LAGOMORPHA; SYLVILAGUS; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS;

EID: 0032813079     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802810     Document Type: Article

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