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Lagomorph biology : evolution, ecology, and conservation

Lagomorphs are a mammalian order which includes rabbits, hares and pikas. They are distributed throughout the world and are of both scientific and public interest as they are classified between endangered and pest species. In addition, some have a high economic value as important game species. In the last few decades, a huge amount of information was made available to the scientific community and resulted in remarkable advances on all aspects of Lagomorph biology. However, this information is dispersed in multiple scientific and non-scientific journals. This book provides an updated synthesis of the current knowledge on Lagomorph biology
Print Book, English, ©2008
Springer, Berlin, ©2008
Conference papers and proceedings
xviii, 413 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
9783540724452, 3540724451
166358165
Introduction to the Lagomorpha / Joseph A. Chapman and John E.C. Flux
Prehistoric and historic artificial dispersal of lagomorphs on the Mediterranean islands / Marco Masseti and Anna M. De Marinis
The lagomorph fossil record and the origin of the European rabbit / Nieves Lopez-Martinez
Inferring the evolutionary history of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from molecular markers / Nuno Ferrand
Phylogenetic aspects of nuclear and mitochondrial gene-pool characteristics of South and North African Cape hares (Lepus capensis) and European hares (Lepus europaeus) / Franz Suchentrunk, Hichem Ben Slimen and Hakan Sert
The world of pikas / Andrew T. Smith
When? where? and for how long? : census design considerations for an alpine lagomorph, the collared pika (Ochotona collaris) / Shawn F. Morrison and David S. Hik
Weather effects on reproduction, survival, and body mass of European rabbits in a temperate zone habitat / Heiko G. Rödel and Dietrich von Holst
Ecosystem engineering effects of European rabbits in a Mediterranean habitat / Lucía Gálvez [and others]
Forest-fire regime : the missing link to understand snowshoe hare population fluctuations? / Jean Ferron and Martin-Hugues St-Laurent
Introduced lagomorphs as a threat to "native" lagomorphs : the case of the eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) in northern Italy / Anna Vidus Rosin, Nicola Gilio and Alberto Meriggi
Testing multiple hypotheses to identify causes of the decline of a lagomorph species : the New England cottontail as a case study / John A. Litvaitis [and others]
Many common odour cues and (at least) one pheromone shaping the behaviour of young rabbits / Benôist Schaal [and others]
Mother-young and within-litter relations in the European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus / Amando Bautista, Margarita Martínez-Gómez and Robyn Hudson
Fertility and infertility in the European hare Lepus europaeus in Australia / Philip Stott, Stephen Harris and Nicole Wight
A review of competition between rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and hares (Lepus europaeus) / John E.C. Flux
European brown hare syndrome / K. Frölich and A. Lavazza
How many caliciviruses are there in rabbits? : a review on RHDV and correlated viruses / Antonio Lavazza and Lorenzo Capucci
Geographic and seasonal variation in the impact of rabbit haemorrhagic disease on European rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus, and rabbit damage in Australia / Greg Mutze [and others]
Conservation of endangered lagomorphs / Andrew T. Smith
Managing the European rabbit : converging interests between Australian research for rabbit control and European research for their conservation / Brian Cooke
Improving rabbit restocking success : a review of field experiments in France / Jérôme Letty, Jacky Aubineau and Stéphane Marchandeau
Recovering the endangered riparian brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius) : reproduction and growth in confinement and survival after translocation / Daniel F. Williams [and others]
Conservation of critically endangered lagomorphs : the Tehuantepec jackrabbit (Lepus flavigularis) as an example / Verónica Farías [and others]
A review of the biology and conservation of the Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi) / Fumio Yamada
Overview of lagomorph research : what we have learned and what we still need to do / Klaus Hackländer, Nuno Ferrand and Paulo C. Alves
Lagomorph species : geographical distribution and conservation status / Paulo C. Alves and Klaus Hackländer
Based on papers presented at a conference and reviewed for later publication
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