Summer habitat use by snowshoe hare and mountain cottontail at their southern zone of sympatry

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 877-883

  Malaney, Jason L ^a,b   Frey, Jennifer K ^a,c  

^a EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat; Lepus americanus; New Mexico; Subalpine conifer forest; Sylvilagus nuttallii; Sympatry; Syntopy

Indexed keywords

LEPUS AMERICANUS; SYLVILAGUS NUTTALLII;

EID: 33746363244     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[877:SHUBSH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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