Variation in demography, condition and dietary quality of hares Lepus europaeus from high-density and low-density populations

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-189

  Jennings, Nancy ^a   Smith, Rebecca K ^a,d   Hackländer, Klaus ^b,e   Harris, Stephen ^a   White, Piran C L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biodiversity Action Plan; Climate; Conservation; Game; Nutrition; Predation; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 33645299334     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2006)12[179:VIDCAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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