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World distribution of the Rabbit Oryctolagus funiculus on islands

 

作者: JOHN E.C. FLUX,   PETER J. FULLAGAR,  

 

期刊: Mammal Review  (WILEY Available online 1992)
卷期: Volume 22, issue 3‐4  

页码: 151-205

 

ISSN:0305-1838

 

年代: 1992

 

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2907.1992.tb00129.x

 

出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd

 

数据来源: WILEY

 

摘要:

AbstractBoth domestic and wild‐type European RabbitsOryctolagus cuniculus(L.) have been liberated on islands all over the world for a variety of reasons: for sport, to farm for meat or fur, as food for other animals or bait for lobster pots, to control vegetation, amuse tourists, and even to conserve representative populations from myxomatosis. Results of these introductions have likewise varied, from complete failure to densities so high as to denude completely the island of vegetation and soil. Some interesting populations have survived remarkably adverse conditions for up to 100 years before becoming extinct. Others provide natural experiments on the effects of introduced predators, competitors, or diseases like myxomatosis.We list 800 islands or island groups on which Rabbits have been liberated, giving name, location, latitude and longitude, and area, followed by date of introduction, type of rabbit, population changes, present status, and effects of the Rabbits on their environment. For many islands information is still meagre or completely lacking; we hope that this provisional list will stimulate readers to send us additions and corrections, or to publish the data themselve

 

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