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

• Main Authors: Charles J. Krebs, Todd N. Zimmerling, Claire Jardine, Kim A. Trostel, Alice J. Kenney, Scott Gilbert, Elizabeth J. Hofer
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Jacquot Island; Kluane Lake; Yukon; Lynx
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.520.1294; http://faculty.jsd.claremont.edu/dmcfarlane/bio146mcfarlane/papers/snowshoe hares.pdf

(5 km2) 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, fluctuate with much lower amplitude than mainland populations. Three separate intensive studies over 6 yea...