Living on the edge - circadian habitat usage in pre-weaning European hares (Lepus europaeus) in an intensively used agricultural area

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 14; no. 9; p. e0222205
• Main Authors: Voigt, Ulrich, Siebert, Ursula
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 09.09.2019; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Aging; Agricultural industry; Agriculture; Analysis; Animal behavior; Animal Distribution - physiology; Animals; Behavior, Animal - physiology; Biology; Biology and Life Sciences; Circadian Rhythm - physiology; Circadian rhythms; Conservation; Daytime; Dispersal; Dispersion; Earth Sciences; Ecology and Environmental Sciences; Ecosystem; Females; Habitat preferences; Habitat selection; Habitats; Hares - physiology; Interdisciplinary studies; Juveniles; Lepus europaeus; Life cycle analysis; Life history; Medicine and Health Sciences; Night; Nocturnal; Nursing; People and Places; Planar structures; Population decline; Predation (Biology); Rabbits; Studies; Survival; Sustainable development; Thermography; Time of use; Veterinary medicine; Weaning; Germany

Over the last decades, the European hare (Lepus europaeus) has become the subject of many interdisciplinary studies due to the sharp Europe-wide population decline. In European hares, the first stage of life until weaning and the subsequent dispersal have been sparsely studied, in particular, habita...