Abstract: The snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) is indigenous to boreal forests throughout North America (Dolbeer and Clark 1975). Snowshoe hares consume herbaceous vegetation during the growing season and change to a woody diet in the fall and winter (Baker et al. 1921; Dodds 1960). Young forests with abundant understory that provide food and cover are preferred habitat (Grange 1932). Snowshoe hares exhibit approximate 10-year cycles of abundance and scarcity throughout much of their range, which have been attributed to hare-food interactions (Vowles 1972; Bryant 1981a) and hare-food-predator interactions (Keith 1974; Wolff 1980, 1981).
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Biological rept. |
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34 |
| Report Date: |
AUG 85 |
| Report Number: |
A514323 |
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