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Leishmania infantum in free-ranging hares, Spain, 2004-2010 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
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

open access: yesAnimal, 2018
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
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of Population Declines on Habitat Segregation and Activity Patterns of Rabbits and Hares in Doñana National Park, Spain

open access: yesLand, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Highest densities of mountain hares (Lepus timidus) associated with ecologically restored bog but not grouse moorland management

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Resorting to rare sources of antiquity: Nikephoros Basilakes and the popularity of Plutarch’s Parallel Lives in twelfth-century Byzantium [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
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
core   +3 more sources

Monitoring Urban European Hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas) with Citizen Science and a Thermal Spotter

open access: yesUrban Science
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
doaj   +1 more source

Hares and rabbits (Leporidae) in collection of the Saris Museum, Bardejov (Slovakia)

open access: yesTheriologia Ukrainica, 2020
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
doaj   +1 more source

Summer Diet of Horses (Equus ferus caballus Linn.), Guanacos (Lama guanicoe Müller), and European Brown Hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas) in the High Andean Range of the Coquimbo Region, Chile

open access: yesAnimals, 2021
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
doaj   +1 more source

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]

open access: yes, 2003
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
core  

Lagomorph cranial biomechanics and the functional significance of the unique fenestrated rostrum of leporids

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

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