EVIDENCE OF ORIENTATION AND HOMING IN SNOWSHOE HARES
| Autor: | L. B. Keith, J. D. Waring |
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| Rok vydání: | 1956 |
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| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Zoology. 34:579-581 |
| ISSN: | 1480-3283 0008-4301 |
| DOI: | 10.1139/z56-060 |
| Popis: | A total of 54 marked snowshoe hares (Lepus americanus) was released in a study conducted from May, 1951, to March, 1956, near Anzac, Alberta. These animals were collected within a 10-mile radius of the Waring cabin at Anzac, and following eartagging all were released at this site. As a result, some hares were liberated several miles from their home range, while others were freed on familiar ground. Twelve of the 54 tagged hares were subsequently retaken in snares set by local inhabitants. Data gathered from these recoveries indicate that after release, hares were able to orient their movements toward the home range on which they were first captured. The three hares failing to do so came originally from areas separated from the release point by sections of a large lake, and thus were denied a direct route of return. |
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