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If you have a recent publication you would like added to this list, please contact Dr. David Hik.

 

 

This is a selective list of recent publications on lagomorphs:

 

 

Title: The distribution of Poelagus marjorita (Lagomorpha : Leporidae) in central Africa

Author(s):  Happold, D. C. D., Wendelen, W.

Source: MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY 71 (6): 377-383 2006

 

Title: Hares on thin ice: Introgression of mitochondrial DNA in hares and its implications for recent phylogenetic analyses

Authors: Alves, Paulo C., Harris, D. James, Melo-Ferreira, Jose, Branco, Madalena, Ferrand, Nuno, Suchentrunk, Franz, Melo-Ferreira, Jose, Boursot, Pierre

Source: MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION 40 (2): 640-641 AUG 2006

 

Title: Sexual dimorphism in the vomeronasal system of the rabbit

Authors: Segovia S (Segovia, Santiago), Garcia-Falgueras A (Garcia-Falgueras, Alicia), Carrillo B (Carrillo, Beatriz), Collado P (Collado, Paloma), Pinos H (Pinos, Helena), Perez-Laso C (Perez-Laso, Carmen), Vinader-Caerols C (Vinader-Caerols, Concepcion), Beyer C (Beyer, Carlos), Guillamon A (Guillamon, Antonio)

Source: BRAIN RESEARCH 1102: 52-62 AUG 2 2006

 

Title: Gobiolagus (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) from Eocene Ula Usu, Inner Mongolia, and comments on Eocene Lagomorphs of Asia

Authors:  Meng J, Hu YM, Li CK

Source: PALAEONTOLOGIA ELECTRONICA 8 (1): Art. No. 7A 2005

 

Title: Evolution of life history traits in Leporidae: a test of nest predation and seasonality hypotheses.

Authors: Virgós, Emilio, Cabezas-Díaz, Sara, Blanco-Aguiar, José Antonio

Source: BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY; Aug2006, Vol. 88 Issue 4, p603-610.

 

Title: Evolutionary relationships among hares from North Africa ( Lepus sp. or Lepus spp.), cape hares (L. capensis) from South Africa, and brown hares (L. europaeus), as inferred from mtDNA PCR-RFLP and allozyme data.

Authors: Slimen, H. Ben, Suchentrunk, F., Memmi, A., Sert, H., Kryger, U., Alves, P. C., Elgaaied, A. Ben Ammar

Source: JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS & EVOLUTIONARY RESEARCH; Feb2006, Vol. 44 Issue 1, p88-99.

 

Title: Habitat use patterns within the home range of pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis) in Southeastern Idaho

Author:  Laundre JW

Source: WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN NATURALIST 65 (4): 490-500 OCT 2005

 

Title: A comparison between vegetation and diet records from the wet and dry season in the cottontail rabbit Sylvilagus floridanus at Ixtacuixtla, central Mexico

Authors: Hudson R, Rodriguez-Martinez L, Distel H, Cordero C, Altbacker V, Martinez-Gomez M

Source: ACTA THERIOLOGICA 50 (3): 377-389 SEP 2005

 

Title: Influences of chronic and current season grazing by collared pikas on above-ground biomass and species richness in subarctic alpine meadows

Authors:  Eliot J. B., Hik, David S.

Source: OECOLOGIA 145 (2): 288-297 SEP 2005

 

Title: DNA analysis of archaeological rabbit remains from the American Southwest

Authors: Yang DY, Woiderski JR, Driver JC

Source: JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE 32 (4): 567-578 APR 2005

 

Title: Natal burrows and nests of free-ranging pygmy rabbits (Brachylagus idahoensis)

Authors:  Rachlow JL, Sanchez DM, Estes-Zumpf WA

Source: WESTERN NORTH AMERICAN NATURALIST 65 (1): 136-139 JAN 2005

 

Title: Dramatic decline of the threatened Ili pika Ochotona iliensis (Lagomorpha: Ochotonidae) in Xinjiang, China

Authors:  Li, W. D. and A. T. Smith

Source: ORYX 39: 30-34 2005

 

Title: Ultrastructural morphology and morphometry of epididymal sperm in the volcano rabbit (Romerolagus diazi)

Authors:  Contreras, J. L., Fierro, R.

Source: ARCHIVES OF ANDROLOGY 50 (5): 359-365 SEP-OCT 2004

 

Title: Forage Selectivity by Collared Pikas Ochotona Collaris, under varying degrees of predation risk.

Authors:  Morrison, S., Barton L, Caputa P, Hik D.

Source: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY 82: 533-540