The influence of daylight regime on diurnal locomotor activity patterns of the European hare (Lepus europaeus) during summer

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 434-440

  Schai Braun, Stéphanie C ^a   Rödel, Heiko G ^b   Hackländer, Klaus ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Activity pattern; GPS; Lepus europaeus; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; GPS; LAGOMORPH; LOCOMOTION; SUMMER; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84867101589     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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