Do parasite burdens in spring influence condition and fecundity of female mountain hares Lepus timidus?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 171-176

  Newey, Scott ^a,b   Thirgood, Simon J ^a,c,d   Hudson, Peter J ^c,e  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body condition; Fecundity; Ivermectin; Lepus timidus; Mountain hares; Parasites; Population cycles

Indexed keywords

LEPUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS; TRICHOSTRONGYLUS RETORTAEFORMIS;

EID: 4944259355     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2004.023     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Albon, S.D., Stien, A., Irvine, R.J., Langvatn, R., Ropstad, E. & Halvorsen, O. 2002: The role of parasites in the dynamics of a reindeer population. - Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 269: 1625-1632.
2. Anderson, R.M. & May, R.M. 1978: Regulation and stability of host-parasite population interactions. I. Regulatory processes. - Journal of Animal Ecology 47: 219-247.
3. Angerbjörn, A. 1986: Reproduction of mountain hares in relation to density and physical condition. - Journal of Zoology (London) 208: 559-568.
4. Berryman, A. 2002: Population Cycles. - Oxford University Press, Oxford, 192 pp.
5. Bloomer, S.E.M., Willebrand, T., Keith, I.M. & Keith, L.B. 1995: Impact of helminth parasitism on a snowshoe hare population in central Wisconsin: A field experiment. - Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 1891-1898.
6. Boutin, S. 1984: The effect of conspecifics on juvenile survival and recruitment of snowshoe hares. - Journal of Animal Ecology 53: 623-637.
7. Elton, C. 1927: Animal Ecology. - Sidgewick & Jackson, London, Chicago University Press 2001 edition, 209 pp.
8. Gulland, F.M.D., Albon, S.A., Pemberton, J.M., Moorcroft, P.R. & Clutton-Brock, T.H. 1993: Parasite-associated polymorphism in a cyclic ungulate population. - Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 254: 7-13.
9. Hewson, R. 1968: Weights and growth rates in mountain hares Lepus timidus scoticus. - Journal of Zoology (London) 154: 249-262.
10. Hewson, R. 1976: A population study of mountain hares in north-east Scotland from 1956-1969. - Journal of Applied Ecology 45: 395-414.
11. Hudson, P.J., Dobson, A. & Newborn, D. 1998: Prevention of population cycles by parasite removal. - Science 282: 2256-2258.
12. Hudson, P.J., Rizzoli, A., Grenfell, B., Heesterbeek, H. & Dobson, A. 2001: Wildlife Diseases. - Oxford University Press, 197 pp.
13. Iason, G.R. 1989: Growth and mortality in mountain hares - the effect of sex and date of birth. - Oecologia 81: 540-546.
14. Iason, G.R. 1990: The effects of size, age and a cost of early breeding on reproduction in female mountain hares. - Holarctic Ecology 13: 81-89.
15. Iason, G.R. & Boag, B. 1988: Do intestinal helminths affect condition and fecundity of adult mountain hares. - Journal of Wildlife Diseases 24: 599-605.
16. Ives, A.R. & Murray, D.L. 1997: Can sublethal parasitism destabilize predator-prey population dynamics? A model of snowshoe hares, predators and parasites. - Journal of Animal Ecology 66: 265-278.
17. Keith, L.B., Cary, J.R., Yuill, T.M. & Keith, I.M. 1985: Prevalence of helminths in a cyclic snowshoe hare population. - Journal of Wildlife Diseases 21: 233-253.
18. Keith, I.M., Keith, L.B. & Cary, J.R. 1986: Parasitism in a declining population of snowshoe hares. - Journal of Wildlife Diseases 22: 349-363.
19. Keith, L.B. & Windberg, L.A. 1978: A demographic analysis of the snowshoe hare cycle. - Wildlife Monographs 58: 1-70.
20. Krebs, C.J., Boutin, S., Boonstra, R., Sinclair, A.R.E., Smith, J.N.M., Dale, M.R.T., Martin, K. & Turkington, R. 1995: Impact of food and predation on the snowshoe hare cycle. - Science 269: 1112-1115.
21. Lindström, J., Ranta, E., Kokko, H., Lundberg, P. & Kaitala, V. 2001: From arctic lemmings to adaptive dynamics: Charles Elton's legacy in population ecology. - Biological Reviews 76: 129-158.
22. May, R.M. 1999: Crash tests for real. - Nature 398: 371-372.
23. May, R.M. & Anderson, R.M. 1978: Regulation and stability of host-parasite population interactions II. Destabilizing processes. - Journal of Animal Ecology 47: 249-267.
24. Murray, D.L., Cary, J.R. & Keith, L.B. 1997: Interactive effects of sublethal nematodes and nutritional status on snowshoe hare vulnerability to predation. - Journal of Animal Ecology 66: 250-264.
25. Murray, D.L. 2002: Differential body condition and vulnerability to predation in snowshoe hares. - Journal of Animal Ecology 71: 614-625.
26. Murray, D.L., Keith, L.B. & Cary, J.R. 1996: The efficacy of antihelmintic treatment on the parasite abundance of free-ranging hares. - Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1604-1611.
27. Murray, D.L., Keith, L.B. & Cary, J.R. 1998: Do parasitism and nutritional status interact to affect production in snowshoe hares? - Ecology 79: 1209-1222.
28. Royama, T. 1992: Analytical Population Dynamics. - Chapman & Hall, London, 371 pp.
29. Sovell, J.R. & Holmes, J.C. 1996: Efficacy of Ivermectin against nematodes infecting field populations of snowshoe hares in Yukon, Canada. - Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32: 23-30.
30. Stenseth, N.C. 1999: Population cycles in voles and lemmings: density dependence and phase dependence in a stochastic world. - Oikos 87: 427-461.
31. Tompkins, D.M, Dobson, A.P., Arneberg, P., Begon, M.E., Cattadori, I.M., Greenman, J.V., Heesterbeek, A.P., Hudson, P.J., Newborn, D., Pugliese, A., Rizzoli, A.P., Rosa, R., Rosso, F. & Wilson. K. 2001: Parasites and host population dynamics. - In: Hudson, P.J. (Ed.); The Ecology of Wildlife Diseases. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 45-62.
32. Turchin, P. 2003: Complex Population Dynamics. - Princeton University Press, Princeton, 451 pp.
33. Vaughan, M.R. & Keith, L.B. 1981: Demographic response of experimental snowshoe hare populations to over winter food shortage. - Journal of Wildlife Management 45: 354-380
34. Watson, A. & Hewson, R. 1973: Population densities of mountain hares on western Scottish and Irish moors. - Journal of Zoology (London) 170: 151-159.