Using experimentation to understand the 10-year snowshoe hare cycle in the boreal forest of North America

Population cycles have long fascinated ecologists from the time of Charles Elton in the 1920s. The discovery of large population fluctuations in undisturbed ecosystems challenged the idea that pristine nature was in a state of balance. The 10-year cycle of snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus Erxleben)...

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Published in:Journal of Animal Ecology
Main Authors: Krebs, Charles J., Boonstra, Rudy, Boutin, Stan
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2018
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Online Access:https://researchprofiles.canberra.edu.au/en/publications/8d91d197-9f38-4316-a4cb-f38bf4dae538
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12720
https://researchsystem.canberra.edu.au/ws/files/57582876/Journal_of_Animal_Ecology_2017_Krebs_Using_experimentation_to_understand_the_10_year_snowshoe_hare_cycle_in_the.pdf
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