European hare (Lepus europaeus) invasion ecology: Implication for the conservation of the endemic Irish hare (Lepus timidus hibernicus)

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 559-569

  Reid, Neil ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Eradication; Hybridisation; Interspecific competition; Lepus timidus; Mountain hare

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COEXISTENCE; CONSERVATION STATUS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HYBRIDIZATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAGOMORPH; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURALIZATION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POPULATION DECLINE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBSPECIES;

IRELAND;

LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79751520944     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9849-x     Document Type: Article

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