Translocation of swamp rabbits in southern Illinois

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 259-270

  Watland, Angela M ^a,b   Schauber, Eric M ^a   Woolf, Alan ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SYLVILAGUS AQUATICUS;

EID: 34447515460     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1528-7092(2007)6[259:TOSRIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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