Is size of fecal pellets a reliable indicator of species of leporids in the southern Rocky Mountains?

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2081-2083

  Zahratka, Jennifer L ^a   Buskirk, Steven W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorado; Fecal pellets; Leporid; Lepus americanus; Mountain cottontail; Snowshoe hare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FECAL PELLET; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LAGOMORPH; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

CERVIDAE; LEPORIDAE; LEPUS AMERICANUS; SYLVILAGUS NUTTALLII;

EID: 48249144732     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-323     Document Type: Article

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