Density and habitat requirements of sympatric hares and cottontails in northern Italy;Densità ed esigenze ecologiche della lepre e del silvilago in condizioni di simpatria in italia settentrionale

Hystrix

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-110

  Vidus Rosin, Anna ^a   Montagna, Alessandro ^a   Meriggi, Alberto ^a   Perez, Sara Serrano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance; Density; Eastern cottontail; European hare; Habitat selection; Lepus Europaeus; Sylvilagus floridanus

Indexed keywords

LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SYLVILAGUS; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS;

EID: 79952816068     PISSN: 03941914     EISSN: 18255272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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