Download or read book A Study Proposal to Investigate the Role of the Snowshoe Hare Lepus Americanus in the Large Mammal System Complex of Riding Mountain National Park written by H. Samoil and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canadian Wildlife Service Studies in Canada s National Parks written by G. Miller and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1216 reports and studies concerning Canadian national parks undertaken or sponsored by the Canadian Wildlife Service. Includes index.
Download or read book An Ecological Study of the Snowshoe Hare Lepus Americanus Bairdii Hayden in the Medicine Bow National Forest of Wyoming written by Irvin E. Lawrence and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Influence of Precommercial Thinning on Snowshoe Hares written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Morphometric Study of Geographic Variation in the Snowshoe Hare Lepus Americanus written by David W. Nagorsen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Snowshoe Hare written by I. B. Keith and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), one of our commonest forest mammals, is found only in North America. This document presents a description of the species and provides information on habitat and habits, range, feeding, breeding, and conservation measures.
Download or read book Examining Landscape scale Movement of Snowshoe Hare Lepus Americanus in a Managed Forest written by Matthew Fountain and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) have been well-studied in their most northern extent using VHF radio telemetry; however, they have not been as well studied at their southern extent or with GPS collars. Here we examine snowshoe hares in a heavily managed forest that contains dense regenerative growth stands of lodgepole pine, surrounded by old-growth lodgepole pine, recent clear cuts, and riparian habitats. We estimated the home range size and extent of snowshoe hares using GPS collars and an area-corrected autocorrelated kernel density estimator. We wanted to test how much of the hares' home range contained regenerative growth stands, and what factors were driving snowshoe hare movement. The average estimated home range was 80.97 acres (95% CI 58.22-108.20 ac, s.d. = 141.72 ac). On average, home range within regenerative growth stands was 47.25%, 34.54% for old growth lodge pole pine, 15.03% for recent clear-cut, and 2.1% for riparian habitats. The average number of regenerative growth stands per hare home range was 2.47 (+/- s.d. = 1.91). There was no significant difference between male and female home range size (p-value = 0.27), nor was there a significant difference between the percent of regenerative growth that composed male and female home ranges (p-value = 0.84). We used a linear mixed effects regression model to understand the effects of habitat, time of day, temperature, sex, and weight on snowshoe hare speed. The variables that significantly affected speed were the time group midnight (p-value
Download or read book Evaluation of Snowshoe Hare Lepus Americanus Habitat in Western Massachusetts written by Kathryn Ann Converse and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Distribution and Abundance of Snowshoe Hares in Yellowstone National Park written by Karen E. Hodges and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) are widespread in boreal and montane forests of North America, vary in their temporal dynamics, and are major drivers in their food webs. In Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, hare abundance, distribution, and temporal dynamics are unknown, yet Yellowstone contains a large area within their southern range that is relatively unfragmented by human activities. The 1988 Yellowstone fires have led to extensive regenerating stands, a seral condition that elsewhere supports relatively high numbers of hares. To examine snowshoe hare dynamics in the park from 2002 to 2007, we surveyed stands within 7 cover types and estimated abundance for a subset of sites. Both livetrapping data and fecal pellet count surveys showed that snowshoe hares are rare in Yellowstone. More than 36% of surveyed stands did not support any hares. Mature forest cover types were more likely to have hares than were stands regenerating after the 1988 fires, but very few stands supported high numbers; 96% of stands had
Download or read book Snowshoe Hare Studies written by Jeanette R. Ernest and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Snowshoe hare populations were studied from June 1970 to Dec. 1973 to determine density of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) in Interior Alaska in three study areas (Central, Fairbanks, and Delta) during the spring and fall, to correlate the estimated density with other indices of abundance, to determine annual productivity during different phases of the cycle, and to relate annual productivity to population trends.
Download or read book Ecology Habitat Use and Winter Thermal Dynamics of Snowshoe Hares in Pennsylvania written by Laura Gigliotti and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Differences in biotic and abiotic characteristics can lead to geographic variation in the ecology of species and populations. Investigating intraspecific variation over large geographic extents can provide insights into the ecological drivers of population dynamics, which is especially important for predicting how future climatic conditions will affect ecological processes. The snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) is an excellent species to investigate geographic variation in ecological dynamics because it has a geographic range that encompasses a wide range of climates and habitat types. Although the population dynamics of snowshoe hares in the northern portion of their range are well-studied, information on southern populations is limited. I investigated the ecology, habitat use, and winter thermal dynamics of snowshoe hares in Pennsylvania and compared these data to previous research on other hare populations. From January 2014 -- June 2015 I trapped and monitored snowshoe hares to estimate body condition, survival rates, home range size, and home range overlap. I found that hares in Pennsylvania had greater body mass in relation to their structural size, higher annual survival, and larger home ranges than populations from higher latitudes. Home range overlap occurred frequently and I did not find that hares temporally partitioned their home ranges to minimize interaction with nearby hares. Also I trapped three snowshoe hares that exhibited uncharacteristic brown winter coat coloration, indicating potential differences in the winter molt patterns or color morphs. Using locations collected from GPS collars I examined snowshoe hare seasonal habitat use at the stand-level and at fine-scale microhabitats. I determined that during both summer and winter hares preferred areas of mature scrub oak or conifers and avoided open habitats. At the population level, hares preferred areas with dense understory vegetation and high canopy coverage, although I found substantial individual variability in habitat preferences. My research highlights the importance of incorporating multiple scales of analysis into habitat use studies, as well as accounting for individual variation in habitat preferences. Finally, I investigated geographic differences in snowshoe hares' responses to winter temperatures by comparing winter pelage characteristics and heat production between hares in Pennsylvania and the Yukon, as well as investigated the influence of temperature on resting spot selection and movement rates. I found that hares from Pennsylvania had shorter and less dense winter coats than hares from the Yukon and that the Pennsylvania population had less visible white in their winter coats. Hares in the Pennsylvania population also produced less heat than the Yukon population, indicating a lower metabolic rate. Snowshoe hares did not select for resting spots that offered them thermal advantages, but selected locations providing visual obstruction from predators. Movement rates were associated with ambient temperature, with the lowest hourly movements occurs at the extreme high (>4 oC) and low (
Download or read book The Population and Habitat Ecology of Snowshoe Hares Lepus Americanus in the Southern Rocky Mountains written by Jennifer L. Zahratka and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Food Habits Study of the Snowshoe Hare Lepus Americanus Washingtonii Baird in Western Oregon written by Albert Mozejko and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Life History and Artificial Propagation of the Snowshoe Hare Lepus Americanus Struthopus Bangs written by Joye Harold Severaid and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Factors Influencing Snowshoe Hare Lepus Americanus in Michigan written by David Michael Burt and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Snowshoe Hare written by Sherry Wise and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Serologic Survey of Snowshoe Hares Lepus Americanus in the Greater Yellowstone Area for Brucellosis Tularemia and Snowshoe Hare Virus written by Daniel Bruce Tyers and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We examined sera from snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) livetrapped in the northern Greater Yellowstone Area (GYA), US, for antibodies to Brucella abortus, Francisella tularensis, and snowshoe hare virus (SSHV). Zero of 90, 0 of 67, and 40 of 100 samples were antibody positive for B. abortus, F. tularensis, and SSHV, respectively. Hares were trapped from 2009 to 2012, and of the six animals that were captured twice with at least 1 yr between captures, four developed antibody to SSHV, indicating active exposure to the agent. These findings suggest snowshoe hares in the GYA do not play a significant role as a reservoir of B. abortus, but do maintain the zoonotic, encephalitic SSHV in the population.
