A quantitative analysis of the abundance and demography of European hares Lepus europaeus in relation to habitat type, intensity of agriculture and climate

RK Smith, N Vaughan Jennings, S Harris - Mammal review, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
European hares Lepus europaeus have declined throughout Europe since the 1960s.
Possible reasons for this include agricultural intensification and changes in climate and …

Diet selection by hares (Lepus europaeus) in arable land and its implications for habitat management

T Reichlin, E Klansek, K Hackländer - European journal of wildlife research, 2006 - Springer
Abstract Populations of European hares (Lepus europaeus) have experienced a dramatic
decline throughout Europe in recent decades. European hares are assumed to prefer weeds …

Conservation of European hares Lepus europaeus in Britain: is increasing habitat heterogeneity in farmland the answer?

RK Smith, NV Jennings, A Robinson… - Journal of Applied …, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Agricultural intensification has had dramatic effects on farmland biodiversity and
has caused declines in many taxa. Habitat changes are thought to be the main cause of the …

Habitat associations of European hares Lepus europaeus in England and Wales: implications for farmland management

N Vaughan, EA Lucas, S Harris… - Journal of Applied …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Numbers of European hares Lepus europaeus have declined throughout
Europe as a result of agricultural intensification. Ecological research to inform agricultural …

Large-scale lagovirus disease outbreaks in European brown hares (Lepus europaeus) in France caused by RHDV2 strains spatially shared with rabbits (Oryctolagus …

G Le Gall-Reculé, E Lemaitre, S Bertagnoli… - Veterinary …, 2017 - Springer
Rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus (RHDV) is a lagovirus that causes rabbit haemorrhagic
disease (RHD) in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). In 2010, a new genotype called …

Long-term patterns in European brown hare population dynamics in Denmark: effects of agriculture, predation and climate

NM Schmidt, T Asferg, MC Forchhammer - BMC ecology, 2004 - Springer
Abstract Background In Denmark and many other European countries, harvest records
suggest a marked decline in European brown hare numbers, a decline often attributed to the …

Effects of roads on spatial distribution, abundance and mortality of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in Switzerland

IA Roedenbeck, P Voser - European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2008 - Springer
Brown hare populations (Lepus europaeus) are in decline throughout Europe since the
1960s, and numerous impact factors have been discussed in the literature. Although …

[PDF][PDF] Studies on the European hare. 54. Relationship between density of brown hare Lepus europaeus and landscape structure in Poland in the years 1981-1995

M Panek, R Kamieniarz - Acta Theriologica, 1999 - rcin.org.pl
The density and hunting bag of the brown hare Lepus europaeus Pallas, 1778 differ in
various regions of Poland. The location of small and large hunting bag areas of this species …

Habitat selection guiding agri‐environment schemes for a farmland specialist, the brown hare

SO Petrovan, AI Ward, PM Wheeler - Animal conservation, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Habitat improvements through agri‐environment schemes are the most important tool for
reversing biodiversity declines in E uropean farmland. However, little is known about their …

The effect of landscape heterogeneity on population density and habitat preferences of the European hare (Lepus europaeus) in contrasting farmlands

PL Pavliska, J Riegert, S Grill, M Šálek - Mammalian Biology, 2018 - Elsevier
We assessed the effect of habitat heterogeneity and predator density on the European hare
(Lepus europaeus), a declining farmland specialist, in intensive farmlands in Central …