Conservation of European hares Lepus europaeus in Britain: Is increasing habitat heterogeneity in farmland the answer?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1092-1102

  Smith, Rebecca K ^a,c   Jennings, Nancy Vaughan ^a   Robinson, Anthony ^b   Harris, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b English Nature   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity Action Plan; Habitat use; Home range; Management; Radio tracking; Set aside

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; LAGOMORPH; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BOS TAURUS; LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 11144290969     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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