Habitat use patterns within the home range of pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) in southeastern Idaho

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 490-500

  Heady, Laura T ^a   Laundré, John W ^b  

^a Nucl Eng Idaho State University   (United States)

^b Instituto de Ecologia AC Durango   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Brachylagus idahoensis; Habitat selection; Home range use; Pygmy rabbit

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; BRACHYLAGUS; BRACHYLAGUS IDAHOENSIS; LAGOMORPHA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 28844481945     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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