Do mountain hare populations cycle?
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S. Newey ([email protected]), T. Willebrand and F. Dahl, Dept of Animal Ecology, Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, SE-90183 Umeå, Sweden. SN and Adam A. Smith, The Game Conservancy Trust, Dalwhinnie, Inverness-shire, UK, PH19 1AF. SN and S. J. Thirgood, Macaulay Institute, Craigiebuckler, Aberdeen, UK, AB15 8QH. TW also at: Dept of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Hedmark Univ. College, Evenstad, NO-2480 Koppang, Norway. FD also at: Int. Inst. for Applied Systems Analysis, Schlossplatz 1, AU-2361 Laxenburg, Austria. D. T. Haydon, Div. of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, G12 8QQ. N. J. Aebischer, The Game Conservancy Trust, Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK, SP6 1EF.
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