NDLI: Selection of resting sites by the European hare as related to habitat characteristics during agricultural changes

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Author	Pépin, Dominique Angibault, Jean Marc
Copyright Year	2007
Abstract	The decline of the European hare Lepus europaeus populations has been shown to be correlated with agricultural intensification, which has caused loss of habitat heterogeneity. We aimed to investigate the diurnal spring habitat selection using Jacobs’ second selection index in an intensively cultivated farmland to reveal how the habitat choice by resting hares was affected by changes in the habitat availability. Clearance counts of hares driven out of known areas were made during an 11-year field investigation within two sectors of a private hunting ground located in the Paris basin (France). The loss of habitat heterogeneity included the disappearance of pastures dedicated to a last remaining sheep farm in the area, the removal of non-cropped areas and field boundaries and the increase of mean field size. Breeding stocks of hare declined during the study. Harrowed fields were always avoided. Pastures, alfalfa fields, thickets and fallow land were selected at the start of our study, whereas the remaining part was avoided at the end. The preference for ploughed fields decreased with the growth of vegetation in the winter-wheat fields. To benefit hares, land management should provide year-round vegetative cover and food from non-cropped areas in intensive arable farms.
Starting Page	183
Ending Page	189
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	16124642
Journal	European Journal of Wildlife Research
Volume Number	53
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	14390574
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2007-02-06
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Arable farmland Field margin Habitat heterogeneity Habitat selection Lepus europaeus Population decline Animal Ecology Zoology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Nature and Landscape Conservation

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