Can adult and juvenile European rabbits be differentiated by their pellet sizes?

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 250-252

  Delibes Mateos, Miguel ^a,b   Rouco, Carlos ^a,c   Villafuerte, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aging methodology; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Pellet count

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; FECAL PELLET; JUVENILE; LAGOMORPH; SIZE;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 60149087883     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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