Winter browsing on Alaska feltleaf willow twigs improves leaf nutritional value for snowshoe hares in summer

Oikos

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-32

  Bryant, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BROWSING; HERBIVORY; LAGOMORPH; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MAMMALIA; SALIX; SALIX ALAXENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038338667     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12443.x     Document Type: Article

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