Snowshoe hare pellet-decay rates and aging in different habitats

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 386-393

  Prugh, Laura R ^a,b   Krebs, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b EARLHAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Decomposition; Density estimate; Fecal pellet counts; Lepus americanus; Population index

Indexed keywords

AGING; DECOMPOSITION; FACIES; MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3242719854     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[386:SHPRAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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