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dc.contributor.authorTangney, Denis
dc.contributor.authorFairley, James
dc.contributor.authorO'Donnell, Ger
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-24T08:26:31Z
dc.date.available2018-08-24T08:26:31Z
dc.date.issued1995-09-12
dc.identifier.citationTangney, Denis; Fairley, James; O'Donnell, Ger (1995). Studies on the european hare. 52. food of irish hares lepus timidus hibernicus in western connemara, ireland. Acta Theriologica 40 (4), 403-413
dc.identifier.issn0001-7051,2190-3743
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10379/9927
dc.description.abstractThe diet of the Irish hare Lepus timidus hibernicus Bell, 1837, was investigated in western Ireland by analysis of faeces collected each month for a year from 3 areas of blanket bog, 1 of rough grassland and 1 of machair. A wide range of plant species was eaten but the main foods throughout the year were grasses and sedges on bog, and grasses at the other 2 sites, with sedges a minor food. Forbs were also important on machair, the study area where they were most plentiful. Shrubs (mainly Calluna vulgaris but Thymus praecox on machair) were an ancillary food everywhere, especially in winter, when they provided an otherwise scarce source of live tissue. Because there was no snow cover, however, shrubs did not dominate forage in winter as they do in other parts of the range of L. timidus. Seasonal variation in the diet and apparent food preferences are discussed.
dc.publisherMammal Research Institute
dc.relation.ispartofActa Theriologica
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/
dc.subjectlepus timidus
dc.subjecthibernicus
dc.subjectdiet
dc.subjectireland
dc.subjectmountain hare
dc.titleStudies on the european hare. 52. food of irish hares lepus timidus hibernicus in western connemara, ireland
dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.doi10.4098/at.arch.95-37
dc.local.publishedsourcehttp://rcin.org.pl/ibs/Content/12378/BI002_2613_Cz-40-2_Acta-T40-nr32-403-413_o.pdf
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