Habitat use of coexisting introduced eastern cottontail and native European hare

• Published in: Mammalian biology : Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde Vol. 78; no. 4; pp. 235 - 240
• Main Authors: Bertolino, Sandro, di Montezemolo, Nicola Cordero, Perrone, Aurelio
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Elsevier GmbH 01.06.2013; Springer International Publishing
• Subjects: agricultural land; Agro-ecosystems; Animal Anatomy; Animal Ecology; Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography; autumn; Evolutionary Biology; field crops; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management; habitat conservation; habitats; hares; Histology; home range; introduced species; Lagomorpha; landscapes; Lepus; Lepus europaeus; Life Sciences; meadows; Morphology; Original Investigation; population; radio telemetry; shrublands; Species introduction; spring; summer; Sylvilagus floridanus; winter; woodlands; Zoology; Italy; Lepus europaeus; Species introduction; Agro-ecosystems; Lagomorpha; Sylvilagus floridanus

The niche of introduced species and that of native ones may overlap, thus causing detrimental effects on the latter through competitive interactions. We used radio telemetry to investigate habitat partitioning during the active period by the introduced American eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus florida...