Winter browsing of brown hares: Evidence for diet breadth expansion

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 410-419

  Rodel H G ^a   Volkl W ^a   Kilias, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b Öconsult GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Food selection; Lepus europaeus; Optimal foraging

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LAGOMORPH; WINTER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCONIA; GERMANY; WORLD;

LEPUS; LEPUS CAPENSIS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 9644268863     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00163     Document Type: Article

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