Breeding like rabbits: Global patterns of variability and determinants of European wild rabbit reproduction

Ecography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 310-320

  Tablado, Zulima ^a   Revilla, Eloy ^a   Palomares, Francisco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LITTER; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL MATURITY; SMALL MAMMAL;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 66149162043     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2008.05532.x     Document Type: Article

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