Winter relative abundance and habitat associations of swamp rabbits in eastern Arkansas

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-258

  Fowler, Allison ^a,b   Kissell Jr , Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIGNONIA CAPREOLATA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POACEAE; SYLVILAGUS AQUATICUS;

EID: 34447500184     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2007)6[247:WRAAHA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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