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DOI	10.3106/ms2018-0004
	Dietary preferences in relation to food availability during spring season for the Cape hare Lepus capensis in arid areas
	Chammem, Mohsen 1; Karssene, Yamna 1,2; Jarray, Mohsen 1; Li, Fengqing 3,4; Khorchani, Touhami 1
通讯作者	Chammem, Mohsen
来源期刊	MAMMAL STUDY
ISSN	1343-4152
EISSN	1348-6160
出版年	2019
卷号	44 期号:1 页码:13-21
英文摘要	In Africa, the Cape hare (Lepus capensis) population is under threat from multiple stresses. For its efficient conservation planning, it is crucial to provide comprehensive information on various ecological aspects. To this end, we assessed the dietary composition of the Cape hare in relation to food availability in the North Sahara Desert. The investigation was conducted in spring in three Tunisian National parks (i.e., Bouhedma, Sidi Toui, and Jbil) with typical arid and desert ecosystems. Food availability was estimated using the quadrat point approach for each park while diet composition was assessed using microhistological analysis of faecal samples. Results revealed that 19 of 98 plant species were consumed by Cape hares. Poaceae family, present in all three parks, was the primary source of food. Asteraceac and Brassicaccac were the next most preferred diets. Woody species were eaten but their proportion in the diet depended on the availability of herbaceous plants. Our results tend to show that Cape hares select high quality diet depending on the availability of food, but further studies across four seasons at different spatial scales may eventually lead to further information about these issues.
英文关键词	dietary selection food availability Lepus capensis microhistological analysis southern Tunisia
类型	Article
语种	英语
国家	Tunisia ; Germany
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000466002700002
WOS关键词	TIMIDUS HIBERNICUS ; HERBIVORE ; SELECTION ; VEGETATION ; EUROPAEUS
WOS类目	Zoology
WOS研究方向	Zoology
来源机构	Arizona State University
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/217529
作者单位	1.Arid Land Inst, Livestock & Wildlife Lab, Medenine 4119, Tunisia; 2.El Manar Univ, Fac Sci Tunis, Dept Biol, Tunis 2092, Tunisia; 3.Senckenberg Res Inst, Dept River Ecol & Conservat, Gelnhausen, Germany; 4.Nat Hist Museum Frankfurt, Gelnhausen, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Chammem, Mohsen,Karssene, Yamna,Jarray, Mohsen,et al. Dietary preferences in relation to food availability during spring season for the Cape hare Lepus capensis in arid areas[J]. Arizona State University,2019,44(1):13-21.
APA	Chammem, Mohsen,Karssene, Yamna,Jarray, Mohsen,Li, Fengqing,&Khorchani, Touhami.(2019).Dietary preferences in relation to food availability during spring season for the Cape hare Lepus capensis in arid areas.MAMMAL STUDY,44(1),13-21.
MLA	Chammem, Mohsen,et al."Dietary preferences in relation to food availability during spring season for the Cape hare Lepus capensis in arid areas".MAMMAL STUDY 44.1(2019):13-21.