Is naturalisation of the brown hare in Ireland a threat to the endemic Irish hare?

Biology and Environment

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 129-138

  Reid, Neil ^a   Montgomery, W Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS TIMIDUS;

EID: 38349156092     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2007.107.3.129     Document Type: Article

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