Diet of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and food availability in High Andean mountains (Mendoza, Argentina)

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Puig, Silvia; Rosi, Maria Irene; Videla, Fernando; Mendez, Eduardo
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2016
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Diet selection by Lepus europaeus was studied in high-altitude mountain environments with severe weather, presence of wetlands, and no agricultural activities. Diet was assessed using fecal microhistologicalanalysis, and food availability by point-quadrat transects in four habitats, two of them with wetlands. Significant differences were determined with Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, similarities by Renkonen index, and feeding selection by χ 2 -test and Bailey ? s confidence interval. The diet included 63% of all species present. Shrubs dominated the diet.Food use was opportunistic in habitats without wetlands, where grasses and shrubs were more available. Plant cover and availability of grass-like plants were higher in wetland habitats, where shrubs and forbs were preferred and grass-like plants were avoided. Similarity between diet and food availability was higher on dry soils, dominated by grasses and shrubs, than in wetland microhabitats with higher plant cover, diversity, and percentage of grass-like plants. Dietary generalism was confirmed,especially when excluding wetland vegetation. Hard Juncaceae cushions accounted for the pronounced selectivity in habitats with wetlands. Dry soils, where shrub patches provided good food and shelter, appear as major feeding microhabitats for L. europaeus. Spatial heterogeneityprotection, at landscape and microhabitat scales, is relevant to the brown hare conservation in High Andean environments.
Fil: Puig, Silvia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Rosi, Maria Irene. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Videla, Fernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Mendez, Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
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Arid Environments
Dietary Selection
High Altitudes
Leporidae
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spelling Diet of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and food availability in High Andean mountains (Mendoza, Argentina)Puig, SilviaRosi, Maria IreneVidela, FernandoMendez, EduardoArid EnvironmentsDietary SelectionHigh AltitudesLeporidaehttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Diet selection by Lepus europaeus was studied in high-altitude mountain environments with severe weather, presence of wetlands, and no agricultural activities. Diet was assessed using fecal microhistologicalanalysis, and food availability by point-quadrat transects in four habitats, two of them with wetlands. Significant differences were determined with Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, similarities by Renkonen index, and feeding selection by χ 2 -test and Bailey ? s confidence interval. The diet included 63% of all species present. Shrubs dominated the diet.Food use was opportunistic in habitats without wetlands, where grasses and shrubs were more available. Plant cover and availability of grass-like plants were higher in wetland habitats, where shrubs and forbs were preferred and grass-like plants were avoided. Similarity between diet and food availability was higher on dry soils, dominated by grasses and shrubs, than in wetland microhabitats with higher plant cover, diversity, and percentage of grass-like plants. Dietary generalism was confirmed,especially when excluding wetland vegetation. Hard Juncaceae cushions accounted for the pronounced selectivity in habitats with wetlands. Dry soils, where shrub patches provided good food and shelter, appear as major feeding microhabitats for L. europaeus. Spatial heterogeneityprotection, at landscape and microhabitat scales, is relevant to the brown hare conservation in High Andean environments.Fil: Puig, Silvia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Rosi, Maria Irene. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Videla, Fernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaFil: Mendez, Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; ArgentinaDe Gruyter2016-05info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/45672Puig, Silvia; Rosi, Maria Irene; Videla, Fernando; Mendez, Eduardo; Diet of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and food availability in High Andean mountains (Mendoza, Argentina); De Gruyter; Mammalia; 80; 3; 5-2016; 293-3040025-1461CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1515/mammalia-2014-0142info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/mamm.2016.80.issue-3/mammalia-2014-0142/mammalia-2014-0142.xmlinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:36:11Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/45672instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:36:12.26CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Diet of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and food availability in High Andean mountains (Mendoza, Argentina)
title Diet of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and food availability in High Andean mountains (Mendoza, Argentina)
spellingShingle Diet of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and food availability in High Andean mountains (Mendoza, Argentina)
Puig, Silvia
Arid Environments
Dietary Selection
High Altitudes
Leporidae
title_short Diet of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and food availability in High Andean mountains (Mendoza, Argentina)
title_full Diet of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and food availability in High Andean mountains (Mendoza, Argentina)
title_fullStr Diet of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and food availability in High Andean mountains (Mendoza, Argentina)
title_full_unstemmed Diet of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and food availability in High Andean mountains (Mendoza, Argentina)
title_sort Diet of brown hare (Lepus europaeus) and food availability in High Andean mountains (Mendoza, Argentina)
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Puig, Silvia
Rosi, Maria Irene
Videla, Fernando
Mendez, Eduardo
author Puig, Silvia
author_facet Puig, Silvia
Rosi, Maria Irene
Videla, Fernando
Mendez, Eduardo
author_role author
author2 Rosi, Maria Irene
Videla, Fernando
Mendez, Eduardo
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Arid Environments
Dietary Selection
High Altitudes
Leporidae
topic Arid Environments
Dietary Selection
High Altitudes
Leporidae
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Diet selection by Lepus europaeus was studied in high-altitude mountain environments with severe weather, presence of wetlands, and no agricultural activities. Diet was assessed using fecal microhistologicalanalysis, and food availability by point-quadrat transects in four habitats, two of them with wetlands. Significant differences were determined with Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, similarities by Renkonen index, and feeding selection by χ 2 -test and Bailey ? s confidence interval. The diet included 63% of all species present. Shrubs dominated the diet.Food use was opportunistic in habitats without wetlands, where grasses and shrubs were more available. Plant cover and availability of grass-like plants were higher in wetland habitats, where shrubs and forbs were preferred and grass-like plants were avoided. Similarity between diet and food availability was higher on dry soils, dominated by grasses and shrubs, than in wetland microhabitats with higher plant cover, diversity, and percentage of grass-like plants. Dietary generalism was confirmed,especially when excluding wetland vegetation. Hard Juncaceae cushions accounted for the pronounced selectivity in habitats with wetlands. Dry soils, where shrub patches provided good food and shelter, appear as major feeding microhabitats for L. europaeus. Spatial heterogeneityprotection, at landscape and microhabitat scales, is relevant to the brown hare conservation in High Andean environments.
Fil: Puig, Silvia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Rosi, Maria Irene. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Videla, Fernando. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
Fil: Mendez, Eduardo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de las Zonas Áridas; Argentina
description Diet selection by Lepus europaeus was studied in high-altitude mountain environments with severe weather, presence of wetlands, and no agricultural activities. Diet was assessed using fecal microhistologicalanalysis, and food availability by point-quadrat transects in four habitats, two of them with wetlands. Significant differences were determined with Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA, similarities by Renkonen index, and feeding selection by χ 2 -test and Bailey ? s confidence interval. The diet included 63% of all species present. Shrubs dominated the diet.Food use was opportunistic in habitats without wetlands, where grasses and shrubs were more available. Plant cover and availability of grass-like plants were higher in wetland habitats, where shrubs and forbs were preferred and grass-like plants were avoided. Similarity between diet and food availability was higher on dry soils, dominated by grasses and shrubs, than in wetland microhabitats with higher plant cover, diversity, and percentage of grass-like plants. Dietary generalism was confirmed,especially when excluding wetland vegetation. Hard Juncaceae cushions accounted for the pronounced selectivity in habitats with wetlands. Dry soils, where shrub patches provided good food and shelter, appear as major feeding microhabitats for L. europaeus. Spatial heterogeneityprotection, at landscape and microhabitat scales, is relevant to the brown hare conservation in High Andean environments.
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