Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) and mountain cottontail (Sylvilagus nuttallii) biogeography at their southern range limit

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1175-1182

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

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Distribution; Elevation; Lepus americanus; Mountain cottontail; Natural history; New Mexico; Rocky Mountains; Snowshoe hare; Sylvilagus nuttallii

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ELEVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAGOMORPH; RANGE SIZE; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

JATROPHA CARDIOPHYLLA; LEPORIDAE; LEPUS AMERICANUS; SYLVILAGUS NUTTALLII;

EID: 33846084311     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-374R2.1     Document Type: Review

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