Lagomorph Biology: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction to the Lagomorpha....Pages 1-9
Prehistoric and Historic Artificial Dispersal of Lagomorphs on the Mediterranean Islands....Pages 13-25
The Lagomorph Fossil Record and the Origin of the European Rabbit....Pages 27-46
Inferring the Evolutionary History of the European Rabbit ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) from Molecular Markers....Pages 47-63
Phylogenetic Aspects of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Gene-Pool Characteristics of South and North African Cape Hares ( Lepus capensis ) and European Hares ( Lepus europaeus )....Pages 65-85
The World of Pikas....Pages 89-102
When? Where? and for How Long? Census Design Considerations for an Alpine Lagomorph, the Collared Pika ( Ochotona collaris )....Pages 103-113
Weather Effects on Reproduction, Survival, and Body Mass of European Rabbits in a Temperate Zone Habitat....Pages 115-124
Ecosystem Engineering Effects of European Rabbits in a Mediterranean Habitat....Pages 125-139
Forest-Fire Regime: The Missing Link to Understand Snowshoe Hare Population Fluctuations?....Pages 141-152
Introduced Lagomorphs as a Threat to “Native” Lagomorphs: The Case of the Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) in Northern Italy....Pages 153-164
Testing Multiple Hypotheses to Identify Causes of the Decline of a Lagomorph Species: The New England Cottontail as a Case Study....Pages 167-185
Many Common Odour Cues and (at Least) One Pheromone Shaping the Behaviour of Young Rabbits....Pages 189-209
Mother-Young and Within-Litter Relations in the European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus ....Pages 211-223
Fertility and Infertility in the European Hare Lepus europaeus in Australia....Pages 225-240
A Review of Competition between Rabbits ( Oryctolagus cuniculus ) and Hares ( Lepus europaeus )....Pages 241-249
European Brown Hare Syndrome....Pages 253-261
How Many Caliciviruses are there in Rabbits? A Review on RHDV and Correlated Viruses....Pages 263-278
Geographic and Seasonal Variation in the Impact of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease on European Rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus , and Rabbit Damage in Australia....Pages 279-293
Conservation of Endangered Lagomorphs....Pages 297-315
Managing the European Rabbit: Converging Interests Between Australian Research for Rabbit Control and European Research for their Conservation....Pages 317-326
Improving Rabbit Restocking Success: A Review of Field Experiments in France....Pages 327-348
Recovering the Endangered Riparian Brush rabbit ( Sylvilagus bachmani riparius ): Reproduction and Growth in Confinement and Survival after Translocation....Pages 349-361
Conservation of Critically Endangered Lagomorphs: The Tehuantepec Jackrabbit ( Lepus flavigularis ) as an Example....Pages 363-368
A Review of the Biology and Conservation of the Amami Rabbit ( Pentalagus furnessi )....Pages 369-377
Overview of Lagomorph Research: What we have learned and what we still need to do....Pages 381-391
Back Matter....Pages 393-413