Search for dissertations about: "mountain hares"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words mountain hares.
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1. Population dynamics of mountain hares (Lepus timidus L.) on islands
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2. Hybridisation between introduced brown hares and native mountain hares in Sweden
Abstract : To investigate the extent and effect of hybridisation between wild sympatric populations of introduced brown hares (Lepus europaeus) and native mountain hares (L.timidus) in Sweden, the geographic distribution of genetic variation in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and nuclear DNA microsatellite markers were analysed within and between the two species and their presumed hybrids. READ MORE
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3. Winter browsing by moose and hares in subarctic birch forest : Scale dependency and responses to food addition
Abstract : Despite their difference in body size and morphology, the moose (Alces alces) andthe mountain hare (Lepus timidus) sustain themselves during winter on similar plantspecies and plant parts in in subarctic environments, namely apical twigs ofmountain birch (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii). READ MORE
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4. Prehistoric human impact on wild mammalian populations in Scandinavia
Abstract : This thesis aims to study the interactions of pre-agricultural societies in Scandinavia with wild mammals, for example in terms of hunting and translocation. More specifically, the aim is to investigate the possibility of identifying examples of overexploitation, targeted hunting or translocation of wild mammals in prehistoric Scandinavia, and to discuss the implications this could have had for both the wild animals and the humans. READ MORE
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5. Lagovirus europaeus GI.2/RHDV2 (Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease Virus 2) : expanding the paradigm of a pathogenic lagovirus
Abstract : Rabbit haemorrhagic disease (RHD) was first detected in 1984 and quickly spread among wild and domestic European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) throughout the world. RHD and European brown hare syndrome (EBHS), a related disease of hares (Lepus spp.), are caused by pathogenic lagoviruses of the Family Caliciviridae. READ MORE