European hares select resting places for providing cover

Hystrix

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 291-299

  Neumann, Florian ^a,b   Schai Braun, Stéphanie ^c   Weber, Darius ^b   Amrhein, Valentin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Hintermann and Weber SA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^d Research Station Petite Camargue Alsacienne   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Lepus europaeus; Resting place; Switzerland; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 84866440651     PISSN: 03941914     EISSN: 18255272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4404/Hystrix-22.2-4546     Document Type: Article

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