Proximate factors affecting snowshoe hare movements during a cyclic population low phase

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 487-496

  Hodges, Karen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activity; Food addition; Home range; Lepus americanus; Movements; Predation risk; Snowshoe hare

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LAGOMORPH; MOVEMENT; PREDATION RISK;

CANADA; YUKON TERRITORY;

LEPUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0033493127     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682558     Document Type: Article

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