Parsimonious interpretation of the impact of vegetation, food, and predation on snowshoe hare

Oikos

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 530-532

  Dambacher, Jeffrey M ^a   Li, Hiram W ^b   Wolff, Jerry O ^c   Rossignol, Philippe A ^b  

^a OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SUPPLY; PREDATION; VEGETATION;

EID: 0032964776     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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