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Two Fields, One Pellet: Combining Demographics And Population Genetics Through Non-Invasive Sampling Of Snowshoe Hare Fecal Pellets In Michigan., Genelle Nicole Uhrig

Theses and Dissertations

As climate continues to change at a rapid rate, species are increasingly vulnerable to the resulting environmental changes. This is especially true for species whose fitness is closely linked to climate-associated environmental conditions. One of these vulnerable species is snowshoe hare, Lepus americanus, who depends on the timing and duration of snowfall to provide camouflage when they go through seasonal pelage changes from brown in the summer to white in the winter. Whereas snowshoe hare are stable across the core of their range, populations along the southern range edge are experiencing declines due to climate driven environmental changes that cause …