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

• Main Authors: Can J. Zool, Downloaded Keith, B Mather, Library Geophysical Inst/iarc, Charles J. Krebs, Knut Kiell, John Bryant, Frank Doyle, Carol Mcintyre, Donna Difolco, Nathan Berg, Suzanne Carriere, Rudy Boonstra, Stan Boutin, Alice J. Kenney, Donald G. Reid, Karin Bodony, Judy Putera, Henry K. Timm, Toby Burke
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: British Columbia; Canada; Kerr; Northwest Territories; Yukon; Alaska; Lynx
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.419.7167; http://www.lter.uaf.edu/pdf/1725_Krebs_Kielland_2013.pdf

Abstract: 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...