
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Mykytowycz, R 
A1  - Rowley, I 
T1  - Continuous observations of the activity of the wild rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.), during 24 hour periods
JF  - CSIRO Wildlife Research
JO  - CSIRO Wildl. Res.
Y1  - 1958
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
SP  - 26
EP  - 31
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CWR9580026 
N2  - Continuous observations during three separate 24-hour periods were carried out in late spring on a population of individually marked wild rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus (L.), established in an artificially illuminated enclosure. Rabbits were observed to feed throughout the night, with a peak at 2100 hr. Sexual behaviour during post-parturn oestrus, and copulation between a buck and a virgin doe, are described. An account of the daily activities of individual rabbits is given; and the bearing of the observed pattern of activity on the reliability of sight counts for the estimation of rabbit populations is discussed. 
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