Daily and seasonal patterns of activity at pygmy rabbit burrows in Utah

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-197

  Lee, Janet E ^a   Larsen, Randy T ^a   Flinders, Jerran T ^a   Eggett, Dennis L ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Brigham Young University   (United States)

Author keywords

aboveground activity; big sagebrush obligate; Brachylagus idahoensis; diurnal; home range; nocturnal; remote camera

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; AVES; BRACHYLAGUS; BRACHYLAGUS IDAHOENSIS; LEPORIDAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; REPTILIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 77955079196     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/064.070.0205     Document Type: Article

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