| Title | Seasonal food habits of blacktailed jackrabbits (Lepus californicus) in southern New Mexico |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1988 |
| Authors | Fatehi M, Pieper, Rex D., Beck RF |
| Journal | The Southwestern Naturalist |
| Volume | 33 |
| Pagination | 367-370 |
| Date Published | 1988 |
| Call Number | 00588 |
| Keywords | article, articles, food habits,Lepus, journal, journals, lagomorph,food habits, Lepus, food habits |
| Abstract | Diet of the blacktailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus) varies seasonally in response to forage maturity and availability (Vorhies and Taylor, 1933). Grasses and forbs tend to dominate the diet in early spring and summer (Flinders and Hansen, 1972). Shrubs become more important in late fall and winter (Hansen and Flinders, 1969)....In spite of the large number of studies on diets of jackrabbit, only those of Dabo et al (1982) and Griffing and Davis (1976) were conducted in southern New Mexico, and they studied diets only for the summer months. The major objective of this study was to examine seasonal patterns of dietary composition of diets of blacktailed jackrabbits. |
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