Examining functional components of cover: The relationship between concealment and visibility in shrub-steppe habitat

Ecosphere

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Camp, M J ^a   Rachlow, J L ^a   Woods, B A ^a   Johnson, T R ^a   Shipley, L A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachylagus idahoensis; Predation risk; Pygmy rabbit; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880773767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES12-00114.1     Document Type: Article

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