Lagomorph Biology Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation - Alves, Paulo C.; Ferrand, Nuno.; Hackländer, Klaus; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Palaeontology and Evolution -- to the Lagomorpha -- Prehistoric and Historic Artificial Dispersal of Lagomorphs on the Mediterranean Islands -- The Lagomorph Fossil Record and the Origin of the European Rabbit -- Inferring the Evolutionary History of the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from Molecular Markers -- Phylogenetic Aspects of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Gene-Pool Characteristics of South and North African Cape Hares (Lepus capensis) and European Hares (Lepus europaeus) -- Population Ecology and Dynamics -- The World of Pikas -- When? Where? and for How Long? Census Design Considerations for an Alpine Lagomorph, the Collared Pika (Ochotona collaris) -- Weather Effects on Reproduction, Survival, and Body Mass of European Rabbits in a Temperate Zone Habitat -- Ecosystem Engineering Effects of European Rabbits in a Mediterranean Habitat -- Forest-Fire Regime: The Missing Link to Understand Snowshoe Hare Population Fluctuations? -- Introduced Lagomorphs as a Threat to "Native" Lagomorphs: The Case of the Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) in Northern Italy -- Testing Multiple Hypotheses to Identify Causes of the Decline of a Lagomorph Species: The New England Cottontail as a Case Study -- Physiology and Behaviour -- Many Common Odour Cues and (at Least) One Pheromone Shaping the Behaviour of Young Rabbits -- Mother-Young and Within-Litter Relations in the European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus -- Fertility and Infertility in the European Hare Lepus europaeus in Australia -- A Review of Competition between Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and Hares (Lepus europaeus) -- Diseases -- European Brown Hare Syndrome -- How Many Caliciviruses are there in Rabbits? A Review on RHDV and Correlated Viruses -- Geographic and Seasonal Variation in the Impact of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease on European Rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus, and Rabbit Damage in Australia -- Conservation and Management -- Conservation of Endangered Lagomorphs -- Managing the European Rabbit: Converging Interests Between Australian Research for Rabbit Control and European Research for their Conservation -- Improving Rabbit Restocking Success: A Review of Field Experiments in France -- Recovering the Endangered Riparian Brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius): Reproduction and Growth in Confinement and Survival after Translocation -- Conservation of Critically Endangered Lagomorphs: The Tehuantepec Jackrabbit (Lepus flavigularis) as an Example -- A Review of the Biology and Conservation of the Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi) -- Concluding Remarks -- Overview of Lagomorph Research: What we have learned and what we still need to do.
Keywords: Zoology; Animal ecology; Animal systematics; Animal taxonomy; Zoology; Animal Ecology; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.