European hares Lepus europaeus have declined throughout Europe since the 1960s.
Possible reasons for this include agricultural intensification and changes in climate and …

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is now firmly established as an important and often
obligatory part of proposing or launching any development project. Delivering a successful …

Agricultural intensification has substantially reduced multi-scale habitat heterogeneity,
including increased field size and loss of semi-natural structures, thus resulting in large …

Many conservation organisations rely heavily on volunteers, and the government often relies
on them to achieve tasks for which funding is insufficient—for example, the monitoring of …

Endogenous circadian and seasonal activity patterns are adapted to facilitate effective
utilisation of environmental resources. Activity patterns are shaped by physiological …

Abstract Background In Denmark and many other European countries, harvest records
suggest a marked decline in European brown hare numbers, a decline often attributed to the …

European hares of both sexes rely on fat reserves, particularly during the reproduc-tive
season. Therefore, hares should select dietary plants rich in fat and energy. However, hares …

Brown hare populations (Lepus europaeus) are in decline throughout Europe since the
1960s, and numerous impact factors have been discussed in the literature. Although …

Spotlighting (SL) is used widely to estimate animal abundance, but it yields density
estimates that are underestimated and biased. Introduction of distance sampling has, to a …

Summary 1 Hares are considered to be a valuable game species in most European
countries. Hunting needs to be sustainable and sound management of hare populations …