Daytime habitat selection by introduced eastern cottontail sylvilagus floridanus and native European hare Lepus europaeus in Northern Italy

Zoological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 414-419

  Bertolino, Sandro ^a,b   De Montezemolo, Nicola Cordero ^a   Perrone, Aurelio ^b  

^a DIVAPRA   (Italy)

^b Wildlife Science   (Italy)

Author keywords

forms; habitat partitioning; introduced species; resting sites; vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; HARE; ITALY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; TELEMETRY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECOSYSTEM; HARES; ITALY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RABBITS; TELEMETRY;

LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; SYLVILAGUS; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79958149894     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.28.414     Document Type: Article

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