Synchrony in the snowshoe hare ( Lepus americanus) cycle in northwestern North America, 1970–2012

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Krebs, Charles J., Kielland, Knut, Bryant, John, O’Donoghue, Mark, Doyle, Frank, McIntyre, Carol, DiFolco, Donna, Berg, Nathan, Carriere, Suzanne, Boonstra, Rudy, Boutin, Stan, Kenney, Alice J., Reid, Donald G., Bodony, Karin, Putera, Judy, Timm, Henry K., Burke, Toby
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2013
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Kerr; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Alaska; Lynx
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2013-0012; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjz-2013-0012; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjz-2013-0012

Snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus Erxleben, 1777) fluctuate in 9–10 year cycles throughout much of their North American range. Regional synchrony has been assumed to be the rule for these cycles, so that hare populations in virtually all of northwestern North America have been assumed to be in phase....