DIETS OF MARSH RABBITS, SYLVILAGUS-PALUSTRIS (LAGOMORPHA, LEPORIDAE),FROM COASTAL ISLANDS IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH-CAROLINA

Authors
MARKHAM KW WEBSTER WD
Citation
Kw. Markham et Wd. Webster, DIETS OF MARSH RABBITS, SYLVILAGUS-PALUSTRIS (LAGOMORPHA, LEPORIDAE),FROM COASTAL ISLANDS IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH-CAROLINA, Brimleyana, (19), 1993, pp. 147-154
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Brimleyana → ACNP
ISSN journal
01934406
Issue
19
Year of publication
1993
Pages
147 - 154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0193-4406(1993):19<147:DOMRS(>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Dietary analyses were conducted for marsh rabbits from barrier and dre dge-material islands near Wilmington, North Carolina. Marsh rabbits pr imarily consumed upland vegetation, especially during the summer and w inter, and they ate a wide variety of plant species available to them. Forbs and grasses comprised the bulk of the diet; shrub utilization w as low, even in winter.