Lagomorph biology: evolution, ecology, and conservation

Abstract

Palaeontology and Evolution.- to the Lagomorpha.- Prehistoric and Historic Artificial Dispersal of Lagomorphs on the Mediterranean Islands.- The Lagomorph Fossil Record and the Origin of the European Rabbit.- Inferring the Evolutionary History of the European Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) from Molecular Markers.- Phylogenetic Aspects of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Gene-Pool Characteristics of South and North African Cape Hares (Lepus capensis) and European Hares (Lepus europaeus).- Population Ecology and Dynamics.- The World of Pikas.- When? Where? and for How Long? Census Design Considerations for an Alpine Lagomorph, the Collared Pika (Ochotona collaris).- Weather Effects on Reproduction, Survival, and Body Mass of European Rabbits in a Temperate Zone Habitat.- Ecosystem Engineering Effects of European Rabbits in a Mediterranean Habitat.- Forest-Fire Regime: The Missing Link to Understand Snowshoe Hare Population Fluctuations?.- Introduced Lagomorphs as a Threat to Native Lagomorphs: The Case of the Eastern Cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus) in Northern Italy.- Testing Multiple Hypotheses to Identify Causes of the Decline of a Lagomorph Species: The New England Cottontail as a Case Study.- Physiology and Behaviour.- Many Common Odour Cues and (at Least) One Pheromone Shaping the Behaviour of Young Rabbits.- Mother-Young and Within-Litter Relations in the European Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus.- Fertility and Infertility in the European Hare Lepus europaeus in Australia.- A Review of Competition between Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) and Hares (Lepus europaeus).- Diseases.- European Brown Hare Syndrome.- How Many Caliciviruses are there in Rabbits? A Review on RHDV and Correlated Viruses.- Geographic and Seasonal Variation in the Impact of Rabbit Haemorrhagic Disease on European Rabbits, Oryctolagus cuniculus, and Rabbit Damage in Australia.- Conservation and Management.- Conservation of Endangered Lagomorphs.- Managing the European Rabbit: Converging Interests Between Australian Research for Rabbit Control and European Research for their Conservation.- Improving Rabbit Restocking Success: A Review of Field Experiments in France.- Recovering the Endangered Riparian Brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani riparius): Reproduction and Growth in Confinement and Survival after Translocation.- Conservation of Critically Endangered Lagomorphs: The Tehuantepec Jackrabbit (Lepus flavigularis) as an Example.- A Review of the Biology and Conservation of the Amami Rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi).- Concluding Remarks.- Overview of Lagomorph Research: What we have learned and what we still need to do.