The diet of the mountain hare ( Lepus timidus hibernicus) on coastal grassland
Across most of their range in Europe, mountain hares are usually restricted to upland areas with poor food quality. In these areas they generally feed on browse species such as heather or twigs and barks of trees. On lowland areas in Europe, with better food quality, the mountain hare is replaced by...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05327.x 2024-10-13T14:08:51+00:00 The diet of the mountain hare ( Lepus timidus hibernicus) on coastal grassland Wolfe, A. Whelan, J. Hayden, T. J. 1996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05327.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1469-7998.1996.tb05327.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05327.x https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05327.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Journal of Zoology volume 240, issue 4, page 804-810 ISSN 0952-8369 1469-7998 journal-article 1996 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1996.tb05327.x 2024-09-19T04:19:54Z Across most of their range in Europe, mountain hares are usually restricted to upland areas with poor food quality. In these areas they generally feed on browse species such as heather or twigs and barks of trees. On lowland areas in Europe, with better food quality, the mountain hare is replaced by the brown hare ( Lepus europaeus ) which feeds predominantly on greasses. This khas led some authors to conclude that mountain hares are primarily adapted for browsing. In the absence of brown hares in Ireland, mountain hares are found on a wide variety of habitats including grassland. On grassland, their diet consists almost exclusively of grasses, up to 94% of their annual diet, which is more than has been reported for brown hares on similar habitat. Based on this evidence, and other work, it is proposed that the mountain hare in primarily a grazing animal and competitive exclusion by brown hares may underlie much of their present distribution in Europe. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lepus timidus mountain hare Wiley Online Library Journal of Zoology 240 4 804 810 |
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Across most of their range in Europe, mountain hares are usually restricted to upland areas with poor food quality. In these areas they generally feed on browse species such as heather or twigs and barks of trees. On lowland areas in Europe, with better food quality, the mountain hare is replaced by the brown hare ( Lepus europaeus ) which feeds predominantly on greasses. This khas led some authors to conclude that mountain hares are primarily adapted for browsing. In the absence of brown hares in Ireland, mountain hares are found on a wide variety of habitats including grassland. On grassland, their diet consists almost exclusively of grasses, up to 94% of their annual diet, which is more than has been reported for brown hares on similar habitat. Based on this evidence, and other work, it is proposed that the mountain hare in primarily a grazing animal and competitive exclusion by brown hares may underlie much of their present distribution in Europe. |
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The diet of the mountain hare ( Lepus timidus hibernicus) on coastal grassland |
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The diet of the mountain hare ( Lepus timidus hibernicus) on coastal grassland |
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The diet of the mountain hare ( Lepus timidus hibernicus) on coastal grassland |
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The diet of the mountain hare ( Lepus timidus hibernicus) on coastal grassland |
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The diet of the mountain hare ( Lepus timidus hibernicus) on coastal grassland |
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diet of the mountain hare ( lepus timidus hibernicus) on coastal grassland |
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