Habitat quality and population density drive occupancy dynamics of snowshoe hare in variegated landscapes

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 610-621

  Thornton, Daniel H ^a   Wirsing, Aaron J ^b   Roth, James D ^c   Murray, Dennis L ^a,d  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PANTHERA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; EXTINCTION RISK; HABITAT QUALITY; LAGOMORPH; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; VEGETATION COVER;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

LEPUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 84876783486     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2012.07737.x     Document Type: Article

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