Population estimates of snowshoe hares in the southern Rocky Mountains

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 906-912

  Zahratka, Jennifer L ^a,c   Shenk, Tanya M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Wildlife Health Program   (United States)

^c Ecosphere Environmental Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Effective area trapped; Lepus americanus; Mark recapture; Population density; Snowshoe hare

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CANID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; REINTRODUCTION; SMALL MAMMAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; PICEA; PICEA ENGELMANNII; PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 43249120811     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-162     Document Type: Article

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