Title
Synchrony in the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) cycle in northwestern North America, 1970-2012
Author(s)
Krebs, C.J., Kielland, K., Bryant, J., O’Donoghue, M., Doyle, F., McIntyre, C., DiFolco, D., Berg, N., Carriere, S., Boonstra, R., Boutin, S., Kenney, A., Reid, D., Bodony, K., Putera, J., Timm, H.K. and Burke, T.
Published
2013
Publisher
Canadian Journal of Zoology, 91, 562-572
Abstract
Snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) fluctuate in 9–10 year cycles throughout much of their North American range. Regional synchrony has been assumed to be the rule for these cycles, so that hare populations in virtually all of northwestern North America have been assumed to be in phase. This study examines the data on hare numbers and fur returns of the Canada lynx (Lynx Canadensis) in the boreal forest regions of Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, and northern British Columbia to describe synchrony in the time window of 1970–2012.
Full Citation
Krebs, C.J., Kielland, K., Bryant, J., O’Donoghue, M., Doyle, F., McIntyre, C., DiFolco, D., Berg, N., Carriere, S., Boonstra, R., Boutin, S., Kenney, A., Reid, D., Bodony, K., Putera, J., Timm, H.K. and Burke, T. (2013). Synchrony in the snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus) cycle in northwestern North America, 1970-2012. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 91, 562-572.
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