Leishmania infantum in free-ranging hares, Spain, 2004-2010 [PDF]
Iberian hares (Lepus granatensis) were recently deemed responsible for an outbreak of human leishmaniasis affecting metropolitan Madrid, Spain. However, the reservoir potential of hares in Europe is poorly known.
Ferroglio, Ezio +2 more
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Effect of age and gender on carcass traits and meat quality of farmed brown hares
A total of 48 sub-adult hares and adult reproducing farmed hares were used to characterize carcass and meat traits according to the age and gender of animals. With respect to carcass traits, when age increased, the carcass weight significantly increased (
A. Trocino +5 more
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Competition, predation, and diseases are key factors shaping animal communities. In recent decades, lagomorphs in Europe have been impacted by virus-borne diseases that have caused substantial declines in their populations and, subsequently, in many of ...
Juan F. Beltrán +5 more
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Over the last 20 years, ecological restoration of degraded habitats has become common in conservation practice. Mountain hares (Lepus timidus scoticus) were surveyed during 2017–2021 using 830 km of line transects in the Peak District National Park ...
Carlos P. E. Bedson +6 more
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Resorting to rare sources of antiquity: Nikephoros Basilakes and the popularity of Plutarch’s Parallel Lives in twelfth-century Byzantium [PDF]
This article examines the Byzantine adaptation of the anecdote of the Lydian king Pythes within Nikephoros Basilakes’ <i>Progymnasma</i> 11 in relation to its earliest surviving source, Plutarch’s <i>Mulierum virtutes</i> 262D ...
Xenophontos, Sophia
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Monitoring Urban European Hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas) with Citizen Science and a Thermal Spotter
Populations of the European hare (Lepus europaeus Pallas) have declined in agricultural areas throughout Europe, primarily due to habitat loss caused by the industrialization of agriculture.
Sussie Pagh +3 more
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Hares and rabbits (Leporidae) in collection of the Saris Museum, Bardejov (Slovakia)
The Natural History Department of the Saris Museum, Bardejov, Slovakia, was established in 1956 by PhMr. Tibor Weisz. The mammal collection consists of more than 5 000 specimens of 67 mammal species of the Slovakian fauna.
Alexander Csanady
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For an adequate management of natural grasslands, the knowledge and understanding of the dietary habits of herbivores and their trophic interactions are fundamental. During two summer seasons, in a mountain range of a sector of the Coquimbo Region, Chile,
Giorgio Castellaro +2 more
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The browsing impact and abundance of European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) in the central North Island, New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MAsters of Science in Ecology at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]
The browsing impact and abundance of hares were investigated at several sites in the Central North Island, New Zealand. The traditional view has been that hares have a relatively minor effect on the vegetation when compared to larger ungulates due to ...
Perry, Michael Edmund
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Abstract The crania of leporid lagomorphs are uniquely fenestrated, including the posterior cranial bones and the lateral portion of the maxilla. The functional significance of the highly fenestrated rostrum has received considerably little attention, despite being absent in other mammalian herbivores with a long rostrum.
Amber P. Wood‐Bailey, Alana C. Sharp
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