Competition between European hare and European rabbit in a lowland area, Hungary: A long-term ecological study in the period of rabbit extinction

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 255-268

  Katona, Krisztián ^a   Bíró, Zsolt ^a   Hahn, István ^b   Kertész, Miklós ^c   Altbäcker, Vilmos ^b  

^a St Stephen University   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Diet; Lepus europaeus; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Population abundance; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIETARY OVERLAP; LAGOMORPH; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BACS-KISKUN; BUGAC; CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY; WORLD;

JUNIPERUS; LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POACEAE;

EID: 8744304939     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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