MOULTS AND PELAGES IN THE BROWN HARE LEPUS EUROPAEUS OCCIDENTALS DE WINTON
A collection of skins of the brown hare, obtained in Banffshire, Scotland, was examined in order to determine the number and duration of the annual moults, and to compare these with the moults of the mountain hare Lepus timidus scoticus. It was found that the adult brown hare moults twice annually,...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01622.x 2024-06-02T08:10:07+00:00 MOULTS AND PELAGES IN THE BROWN HARE LEPUS EUROPAEUS OCCIDENTALS DE WINTON HEWSON, RAYMOND 1963 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01622.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1963.tb01622.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01622.x https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01622.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London volume 141, issue 4, page 677-687 ISSN 0370-2774 journal-article 1963 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1963.tb01622.x 2024-05-03T11:23:38Z A collection of skins of the brown hare, obtained in Banffshire, Scotland, was examined in order to determine the number and duration of the annual moults, and to compare these with the moults of the mountain hare Lepus timidus scoticus. It was found that the adult brown hare moults twice annually, and that moulting in brown and mountain hares may vary with age and sex. The influence of day length, temperature, and endocrine glands is considered. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lepus timidus mountain hare Wiley Online Library Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 141 4 677 687 |
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A collection of skins of the brown hare, obtained in Banffshire, Scotland, was examined in order to determine the number and duration of the annual moults, and to compare these with the moults of the mountain hare Lepus timidus scoticus. It was found that the adult brown hare moults twice annually, and that moulting in brown and mountain hares may vary with age and sex. The influence of day length, temperature, and endocrine glands is considered. |
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MOULTS AND PELAGES IN THE BROWN HARE LEPUS EUROPAEUS OCCIDENTALS DE WINTON |
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MOULTS AND PELAGES IN THE BROWN HARE LEPUS EUROPAEUS OCCIDENTALS DE WINTON |
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MOULTS AND PELAGES IN THE BROWN HARE LEPUS EUROPAEUS OCCIDENTALS DE WINTON |
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MOULTS AND PELAGES IN THE BROWN HARE LEPUS EUROPAEUS OCCIDENTALS DE WINTON |
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MOULTS AND PELAGES IN THE BROWN HARE LEPUS EUROPAEUS OCCIDENTALS DE WINTON |
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moults and pelages in the brown hare lepus europaeus occidentals de winton |
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