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DOI	10.1007/s10344-024-01791-6
	Population trend and distribution of mountain (Lepus timidus) and brown hares (Lepus europaeus) in Central Alps (N-Italy, 1980-2020)
	Martino, Greta; Chiatante, Gianpasquale; Ferloni, Maria; Meriggi, Alberto
发表日期	2024
ISSN	1612-4642
EISSN	1439-0574
起始页码	70
结束页码	2
卷号	70 期号:2
英文摘要	Mountainous regions are very vulnerable to climate changes, as they experience higher temperature increases than the surrounding environments. A general movement of species toward higher altitudes, in search of suitable sites, is being observed. In the case of the Italian Alps, an expansion of the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) is possible within the zones occupied by the mountain hare (Lepus timidus), which frequents higher altitudes. The risk is an increase in the hybridization and a contraction of the mountain hare's range. In this study, we analyzed the hunting bags (weighted by the number of active hunters each year) of brown and mountain hares from the period of 1980-2020, in the province of Sondrio (Central Alps) in northern Lombardy (N-Italy), with the aim of (i) highlighting any population trends in relation to climate change, (ii) identifying altitudinal changes in the distribution of the two species over the years, (iii) identifying the environmental variables that influence the distribution of the two species, and (iv) creating suitability maps in the study area. To study population trends, the hunting bag data were corrected by dividing the number of hare shot by the number of active hunters in that year. For both species, no population trends were found between 1980 and 2020. Weather variables do not seem to have influenced population trends. No significant trends in the altitudinal distribution of the two species were observed over the period investigated. The results indicate that the two species select different altitudes, with the exception of the belt between 1600 and 1800 m a.s.l. Both species select meadows.
英文关键词	Alps; Population trends; Distribution range; Population monitoring; Hares; Habitat selection; Hunting bags
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Zoology
WOS类目	Ecology ; Zoology
WOS记录号	WOS:001195229200001
来源期刊	EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/303327
作者单位	University of Pavia; Tuscia University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Martino, Greta,Chiatante, Gianpasquale,Ferloni, Maria,et al. Population trend and distribution of mountain (Lepus timidus) and brown hares (Lepus europaeus) in Central Alps (N-Italy, 1980-2020)[J],2024,70(2).
APA	Martino, Greta,Chiatante, Gianpasquale,Ferloni, Maria,&Meriggi, Alberto.(2024).Population trend and distribution of mountain (Lepus timidus) and brown hares (Lepus europaeus) in Central Alps (N-Italy, 1980-2020).EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH,70(2).
MLA	Martino, Greta,et al."Population trend and distribution of mountain (Lepus timidus) and brown hares (Lepus europaeus) in Central Alps (N-Italy, 1980-2020)".EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH 70.2(2024).