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Environmental Factors Determinate Roadkill Levels of the Endemic Iberian Species, Iberian Hare (Lepus Granatensis) [PDF]

, 2021
Lepus granatensis is an Iberian Peninsula endemic species and one of the most important small game species. We surveyed Iberian hare-vehicle accidents in roads network in southern Spain, analysing the Mediterranean landscape, the main habitats of this ...
J. Duarte, D. Romero, P. Rubio, Fa-Zhen Ma, J. Fa   +4 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

Exposure to West Nile Virus in Wild Lagomorphs in Spanish Mediterranean Ecosystems. [PDF]

Zoonoses Public Health
ABSTRACT Background West Nile virus (WNV) is the most widely distributed mosquito‐borne flavivirus. Over the past decade, its spread across Europe has raised significant concerns for both public and animal health. Although WNV exposure has been evidenced in various wild mammal species in Spain, no seroepidemiological studies have been conducted on this
Castro-Scholten S, Caballero-Gómez J, Bravo-Barriga D, Llorente F, Cano-Terriza D, Jiménez-Clavero MÁ, Jiménez-Martín D, Camacho-Sillero L, García-Bocanegra I.   +8 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

The Role of Myxoma Virus Immune Modulators and Host Range Factors in Pathogenesis and Species Leaping [PDF]

Viruses
Myxoma virus (MYXV) is a leporipoxvirus that causes lethal disease in Leporids. Hares and rabbits belong to the Leporidae family and are believed to have had a common ancestor 12 million years ago.
Junior A. Enow, Ana M. Lopes, Joana Abrantes, Pedro J. Esteves, Masmudur M. Rahman   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Francisella tularensis in Wild Lagomorphs in Southern Spain’s Mediterranean Ecosystems [PDF]

Animals
Francisella tularensis is a vector-borne zoonotic bacterium that causes tularemia, a disease of great importance for animal and public health. Although wild lagomorphs are considered one of the major reservoirs of this bacterium, information about the ...
Sabrina Castro-Scholten, Ignacio García-Bocanegra, Salvador Rejón-Segura, David Cano-Terriza, Débora Jiménez-Martín, Carlos Rouco, Leonor Camacho-Sillero, Antonio Arenas, Javier Caballero-Gómez   +8 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Hares in Corsica: high prevalence of Lepus corsicanus and hybridization with introduced L. europaeus and L. granatensis [PDF]

European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2010
The Italian hare, Lepus corsicanus, was first described in Corsica more than 100 years ago, but the knowledge on the status of the species in this island remains scarce. Moreover, frequent introductions of thousands of individuals from other hare species, namely Lepus europaeus and Lepus granatensis, into Corsica are known to have occurred and an ...
Christian Pietri, Paulo C Alves, JOSÉ Melo-Ferreira   +2 more
exaly   +2 more sources

Exposure to Coxiella burnetii in Wild Lagomorphs in Spanish Mediterranean Ecosystems [PDF]

Animals
Coxiella burnetii is an important zoonotic pathogen of worldwide distribution that can infect a wide range of wild and domestic species. The European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) can play a role as a reservoir for this bacterium in certain ...
Sabrina Castro-Scholten, Javier Caballero-Gómez, David Cano-Terriza, Débora Jiménez-Martín, Carlos Rouco, Adrián Beato-Benítez, Leonor Camacho-Sillero, Ignacio García-Bocanegra   +7 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The dual role of red deer in yellow rockrose seed dispersal and predation in Mediterranean Spain. [PDF]

Plant Biol (Stuttg)
Red deer play a mostly antagonistic and predatory role on Cistus halimifolius seeds, but here, it has been demonstrated, for the first time, their overlooked mutualistic potential role as long distance disperser. Abstract Endozoochory, seed dispersal after animal ingestion, is a mutualistic plant–animal interaction that often involves substantial costs
Fernández-Fuerte R, Garrote PJ, Virgós E, Fedriani JM.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Pilot study on the electroejaculation on the Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis) species

, 2023
RESUMO - Estudo piloto de eletroejaculação na espécie Lebre-ibérica (Lepus granatensis) - A lebre-ibérica (Lepus granatensis) é uma espécie de leporídeo endémica da Península Ibérica e constitui uma das presas mais comuns na cadeia alimentar de vários predadores. Apesar disso, o seu declínio tem ocorrido em vastas áreas de Portugal e Espanha.
Fernandes, Sara Isabel Henriques
core   +3 more sources

Dinámica espacial de la Liebre Ibérica (Lepus granatensis) en una zona sometida a restauración vegetal (Escombrera de lignitos Meirama, A Coruña-España)

, 2015
La Liebre Iberica (Lepus granatensis) es una de las principales especies cinegeticas en Espana. Presenta una amplia distribucion y poblaciones estables en casi la totalidad del territorio.
J. C. Jaramillo-Fayad, J. Pérez-Torres, X. Rodríguez, A. Torres   +3 more
semanticscholar   +2 more sources

A Large-scale Survey of Brown Hare Lepus Europaeus and Iberian Hare L. Granatensis Populations at the Limit of Their Ranges

Wildlife Biology, 2007
The historical ranges of the European brown hare Lepus europaeus and the Iberian hare L. granatensis meet in Aragón in northeastern Spain. We studied the relative abundances and the population trends of the two species in 60 localities (13 for the brown hare, 38 for the Iberian hare, and nine from the transition zone where both species are present) by ...
Christian Gortazar, Javier Millán, Pelayo Acevedo   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources