Estimating pregnancy rates and litter size in snowshoe hares using ultrasound

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1066-1072

  Griffin, Paul C ^a,c,d,e   Bienen, Leslie ^b,f   Gillin, Colin M ^b,g,h,i   Mills, L Scott ^{a,c,j,k,l,m,n}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Tufts Univ Ctr for Conserv Med ^*

^h UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

ⁱ WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^j NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

ⁿ Olympic National Park   (United States)

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Author keywords

Lepus americanus; Litter size; Pregnancy rate; Snowshoe hare; Wildlife ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; LAGOMORPH; LITTER SIZE; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONICS;

LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 1642424185     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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