Natal dispersal, adult home ranges and site fidelity of mountain hares Lepus timidus in the boreal forest of Sweden

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 309-317

  Dahl, Fredrik ^a   Willebrand, Tomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exploratory movement; Fixed kernel; Lepus timidus; Leveret; MCP; Mountain hare

Indexed keywords

LEPUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS;

EID: 29144487179     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2005)11[309:NDAHRA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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