Lagomorph Biology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Palaeontology and Evolution

   1. Introduction to the Lagomorpha

      • Joseph A. Chapman, John E. C. Flux

      Pages 1-9

   2. Prehistoric and Historic Artificial Dispersal of Lagomorphs on the Mediterranean Islands

      • Marco Masseti, Anna M. De Marinis

      Pages 13-25

   3. The Lagomorph Fossil Record and the Origin of the European Rabbit

      • Nieves Lopez-Martinez

      Pages 27-46

   4. Inferring the Evolutionary History of the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from Molecular Markers

      • Nuno Ferrand

      Pages 47-63

   5. Phylogenetic Aspects of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Gene-Pool Characteristics of South and North African Cape Hares (Lepus capensis) and European Hares (Lepus europaeus)

      • Franz Suchentrunk, Hichem Ben Slimen, Hakan Sert

      Pages 65-85

3. Population Ecology and Dynamics

   1. The World of Pikas

      • Andrew T. Smith

      Pages 89-102

   2. When? Where? and for How Long? Census Design Considerations for an Alpine Lagomorph, the Collared Pika (Ochotona collaris)

      • Shawn F. Morrison, David S. Hik

      Pages 103-113

   3. Weather Effects on Reproduction, Survival, and Body Mass of European Rabbits in a Temperate Zone Habitat

      • Heiko G. Rödel, Dietrich Von Holst

      Pages 115-124

   4. Ecosystem Engineering Effects of European Rabbits in a Mediterranean Habitat

      • Lucía Gálvez, Antonio López-Pintor, José M De Miguel, Germán Alonso, Marta Rueda, Salvador Rebollo et al.

      Pages 125-139

   5. Forest-Fire Regime: The Missing Link to Understand Snowshoe Hare Population Fluctuations?

      • Jean Ferron, Martin-Hugues St-Laurent

      Pages 141-152

   6. Introduced Lagomorphs as a Threat to “Native” Lagomorphs: The Case of the Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) in Northern Italy

      • Anna Vidus Rosin, Nicola Gilio, Alberto Meriggi

      Pages 153-164

   7. Testing Multiple Hypotheses to Identify Causes of the Decline of a Lagomorph Species: The New England Cottontail as a Case Study

      • John A. Litvaitis, Michael S. Barbour, Anne L. Brown, Adrienne I. Kovach, Marian K. Litvaitis, James D. Oehler et al.

      Pages 167-185

4. Physiology and Behaviour

   1. Many Common Odour Cues and (at Least) One Pheromone Shaping the Behaviour of Young Rabbits

      • Benôist Schaal, Gérard Coureaud, Anne-Sophie Moncomble, Dominique Langlois, Guy Perrier

      Pages 189-209

   2. Mother-Young and Within-Litter Relations in the European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus

      • Amando Bautista, Margarita Martínez-Gómez, Robyn Hudson

      Pages 211-223

   3. Fertility and Infertility in the European Hare Lepus europaeus in Australia

      • Philip Stott, Stephen Harris, Nicole Wight

      Pages 225-240

   4. A Review of Competition between Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and Hares (Lepus europaeus)

      • John E. C. Flux

      Pages 241-249

5. Diseases

   1. European Brown Hare Syndrome

      • K. Frölich, A. Lavazza

      Pages 253-261

   2. How Many Caliciviruses are there in Rabbits? A Review on RHDV and Correlated Viruses

      • Antonio Lavazza, Lorenzo Capucci

      Pages 263-278

   3. Geographic and Seasonal Variation in the Impact of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease on European Rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus, and Rabbit Damage in Australia

      • Greg Mutze, Peter Bird, Brian Cooke, Robert Henzell

      Pages 279-293

Lagomorphs are a mammalian order which includes rabbits, hares and pikas. They are distributed throughout the world and are of both scientific and public interest as they are classified between endangered and pest species. In addition, some have a high economic value as important game species. In the last few decades, a huge amount of information was made available to the scientific community and resulted in remarkable advances on all aspects of Lagomorph biology. However, this information is dispersed in multiple scientific and non-scientific journals. This book provides an updated synthesis of the current knowledge on Lagomorph biology.

• Mammalia
• conservation
• ecology
• ecosystem
• evolution
• lagomorphs
• phylogeography
• physiology
• wildlife management

From the reviews:

"This volume presents 26 original articles that address issues involving lagomorph evolution, ecology, physiology, behavior, and conservation. The articles are all scholarly in nature … clearly, this book is meant for the small audience of researchers in the field. … Useful for libraries that support specialized research in lagomorph biology. Summing Up: Recommended. Researchers/faculty." (F. T. Kuserk, CHOICE, Vol. 46 (01), September, 2008)

"Lagomorph Biology: Evolution, Ecology, and Conservation nicely illustrates that lagomorphs represent a diverse group of mammals rich with tractable research problems and, more importantly, ripe for exposure to new researchers asking new questions. Because this perspective is rare, the publication of this book in itself is a tremendous success for lagomorph researchers. … Overall, the papers are of high quality, the book is well edited, and the included illustrations are good." (Brian P. Kraatz, Journal of Mammalian Evolution, Vol. 15, 2008)

“This book was compiled and contains 26 contributions from 70 authors. … presents recent advances in research pertaining to pikas, hares and rabbits. … the recent work on genetics and perspectives in improving biology and ecology knowledge of numerous species are developed. This very interesting book also contains an appendix accompanied by the geographical distribution and complete list of species with their conservation status.” (Michel Cuisin and Christiane Denys, Mammalia, Vol. 73 (3), 2009)

• CIBIO Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal

  Paulo C. Alves, Nuno Ferrand

• Institute of Wildlife Biology and Game Management, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria

  Klaus Hackländer

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