Spatial Organisation and Mortality of Released Hares — Preliminary Results

Magdalena Misiorowska; Michał Wasilewski

doi:10.5735/086.045.0408

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1 August 2008 Spatial Organisation and Mortality of Released Hares — Preliminary Results

Magdalena Misiorowska, Michał Wasilewski

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Annales Zoologici Fennici, 45(4):286-290 (2008). https://doi.org/10.5735/086.045.0408

Abstract

Spatial organisation, and the rate and causes of mortality of released hares were investigated using a radio-telemetry technique during one study year in the vicinity of Maciejowice, Poland. Territorial ranges of released hares were between 0.14 km² and 2.86 km². The average home ranges of males were significantly greater than that of females: 1.3 km² and 0.5 km², respectively. Released hares travelled, on average, a distance of 2.6 km (range = 1.4–4.9 km per year). The annual mortality of the studied was ca. 72% and was highest in the first month after release, i.e. in December. The average lifespan of killed hares was 31 days for females and about 80 days for males. The major cause of hare mortality was predation.

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Magdalena Misiorowska and Michał Wasilewski "Spatial Organisation and Mortality of Released Hares — Preliminary Results," Annales Zoologici Fennici 45(4), 286-290, (1 August 2008). https://doi.org/10.5735/086.045.0408

Received: 16 March 2007; Accepted: 1 October 2007; Published: 1 August 2008

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