Cyclic dynamics of snowshoe hares on a small island in the Yukon

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Zoology
• Main Authors: Krebs, Charles J, Zimmerling, Todd N, Jardine, Claire, Trostel, Kim A, Kenney, Alice J, Gilbert, Scott, Hofer, Elizabeth J
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2002
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Arctic; Yukon; Kluane Lake; Jacquot Island; Lynx
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z02-143; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z02-143

Snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) populations were monitored from 1977 to 2001 on Jacquot Island (5 km 2 ) in Kluane Lake, southwestern Yukon, and on nearby mainland sites. Jacquot Island hares averaged twice the density of mainland control populations and, although they show 10-year cycles, fluctuat...