Overwinter mass loss of snowshoe hares in the Yukon: Starvation, stress, adaptation or artefact?

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-13

  Hodges, Karen E ^a,c   Boonstra, Rudy ^b   Krebs, Charles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass; Dehnel's phenomenon; Energetics; Food supplementation; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

BIOENERGETICS; BODY MASS; FOOD LIMITATION; PREDATION RISK; STARVATION; WINTER;

ADAPTATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD CHAIN; HARE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; STARVATION; STRESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SUPPLY; HARES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SNOW; STARVATION; STRESS; WEIGHT LOSS; YUKON TERRITORY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33645107804     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2005.01018.x     Document Type: Article

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