Patterns in consumption of woody plants by snowshoe hares in the northwestern United States

Ecoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 440-449

  Wirsing, Aaron J ^a   Murray, Dennis L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Browse availability; Browse consumption patterns; Copper; Lepus americanus; PLant chemical defenses; Protein; Reproductive rates; Snowshoe hare

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; LAGOMORPH; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION CYCLE;

CLEARWATER NATIONAL FOREST; IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 0036932407     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2002.11682732     Document Type: Article

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