Keywords:
Lagomorpha.
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Electronic books.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (404 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9783540724469
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=603662
DDC:
599.32
Language:
English
Note:
Preliminary -- Introduction to the Lagomorpha -- Prehistoric and Historic Artificial Dispersal of Lagomorphs on the Mediterranean Islands -- The Lagomorph Fossil Record and the Origin of the European Rabbit -- Inferring the Evolutionary History of the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from Molecular Markers -- Phylogenetic Aspects of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Gene-Pool Characteristics of South and North African Cape Hares (Lepus capensis) and European Hares (Lepus europaeus) -- The World of Pikas -- When? Where? and for How Long? Census Design Considerations for an Alpine Lagomorph, the Collared Pika ( Ochotona collaris ) -- Weather Effects on Reproduction, Survival, and Body Mass of European Rabbits in a Temperate Zone Habitat -- Ecosystem Engineering Effects of European Rabbits in a Mediterranean Habitat -- Forest-Fire Regime: The Missing Link to Understand Snowshoe Hare Population Fluctuations? -- Introduced Lagomorphs as a Threat to "Native" Lagomorphs: The Case of the Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) in Northern Italy -- Testing Multiple Hypotheses to Identify Causes of the Decline of a Lagomorph Species: The New England Cottontail as a Case Study -- Many Common Odour Cues and (at Least) One Pheromone Shaping the Behaviour of Young Rabbits -- Mother-Young and Within-Litter Relations in the European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus -- Fertility and Infertility in the European Hare Lepus europaeus in Australia -- A Review of Competition between Rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) and Hares ( Lepus europaeus ) -- European Brown Hare Syndrome -- How Many Caliciviruses are there in Rabbits? A Review on RHDV and Correlated Viruses -- Geographic and Seasonal Variation in the Impact of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease on European Rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus , and Rabbit Damage in Australia -- Conservation of Endangered Lagomorphs.
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Managing the European Rabbit: Converging Interests Between Australian Research for Rabbit Control and European Research for their Conservation -- Improving Rabbit Restocking Success: A Review of Field Experiments in France -- Recovering the Endangered Riparian Brush rabbit ( Sylvilagus bachmani riparius ): Reproduction and Growth in Confinement and Survival after Translocation -- Conservation of Critically Endangered Lagomorphs: The Tehuantepec Jackrabbit (Lepus flavigularis) as an Example -- A Review of the Biology and Conservation of the Amami Rabbit ( Pentalagus furnessi ) -- Overview of Lagomorph Research: What we have learned and what we still need to do -- Back matter.
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