The recent expansion of the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) in Sweden with possible implications to the mountain hare (L. timidus)

2007 ◽  
Vol 53 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunnar Jansson ◽  
Åke Pehrson
Keyword(s):  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
Mountain Hare

scholarly journals A single multiplex of twelve microsatellite markers for the simultaneous study of the brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and the mountain hare (Lepus timidus)

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (11) ◽  
pp. 3931-3939 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Pauline Beugin ◽  
Jérôme Letty ◽  
Cécile Kaerle ◽  
Jean-Sébastien Guitton ◽  
Lina Muselet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Microsatellite Markers ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
Mountain Hare ◽  
Lepus Timidus ◽  
Simultaneous Study

scholarly journals A preliminary study on the detection of potential contaminants in the European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) by suspect and microplastics screening

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 100045
Author(s):  
Romana Hornek-Gausterer ◽  
Herbert Oberacher ◽  
Vera Reinstadler ◽  
Christina Hartmann ◽  
Bettina Liebmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
European Brown Hare ◽  
Preliminary Study

Predation Risk Drives Habitat-Specific Sex Ratio in a Monomorphic Species, the Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus)

Ethology ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 121 (6) ◽  
pp. 593-600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Hušek ◽  
Marek Panek ◽  
Piotr Tryjanowski
Keyword(s):  
Sex Ratio ◽  
Predation Risk ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Brown Hare

scholarly journals The best of both worlds: Shortcutting evolution through adaptive hybridization in hares

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaakko L.O. Pohjoismäki ◽  
Craig Michell ◽  
Riikka Levänen ◽  
Steve Smith
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
Balancing Selection ◽  
Uncoupling Protein ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Genetic Introgression ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Mountain Hare ◽  
Uncoupling Protein 1 ◽  
Expansion Load ◽  
Candidate Loci

Abstract Brown hares (Lepus europaeus Pallas) are able to hybridize with mountain hares (L. timidus Linnaeus) and produce fertile offspring, which results in cross-species gene flow. However, not much is known about the functional significance of this genetic introgression. Using targeted sequencing of candidate loci combined with mtDNA genotyping, we found the ancestral genetic diversity in the brown hare to be small, likely due to founder effect and range expansion, while gene flow from mountain hares constitutes an important source of functional genetic variability. Some of this variability, such as the alleles of the mountain hare thermogenin (uncoupling protein 1, UCP1), is likely of adaptive advantage for brown hares, whereas immunity-related MHC alleles are reciprocally exchanged and maintained via balancing selection. Our study offers a rare example where an expanding species can ease its expansion load through hybridization and obtain beneficial alleles to shortcut evolutionary adaptation to the novel environmental conditions.

Census of the Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) at Leveste, Municipality of Gehrden, Germany

2013 ◽  
pp. 168-171
Author(s):  
Gabor von Bethlenfalvy ◽  
Julia Hindersin ◽  
Egbert Strauß
Keyword(s):  
Arable Land ◽  
Monitoring Program ◽  
Lepus Europaeus ◽  
Brown Hare ◽  
Lower Saxony ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

The case study used spotlight strip census routes to estimate Brown Hare numbers in a 793 ha hunting district. The habitats, dominated by intensively farmed arable land were also mapped. This is part of a Germany-wide long-term monitoring program of game populations which is carried out by hunters and was initiated by the German Hunters’ Association and the Hunters’ Association of Lower Saxony in 2001.

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