Response to Delibes-Mateos et al. : Pellet size matters

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 485-487

  Rueda, Marta ^a   Rebollo, Salvador ^a   Gálvez Bravo, Lucía ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Oryctolagus cuniculus; Pellet counts; Pellet size; Rabbit aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; BIBLIOGRAPHY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FECES; HABITAT USE; JUVENILE; LAGOMORPH; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SIZE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 64649094813     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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