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Juvenile Brown hare - causes of mortality


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Scientific leader: 

Scientific staff:

Duration:

Phone:

Fax:

E-Mail:

Prof. Dr. B. Meinecke

Dipl.-Biol. U. Voigt

from 2006 to 2010

+49 511 856-7549

+49 511 856-827549

ulrich.voigt( at )tiho-hannover.de

Cooperation:

Institut for Zoo and Wildlife Research
(Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.)
(IZW)

Prof. Dr. H. Hofer, Dr. S. Speck

 

Newborn Borwn hare (Lepus europaeus)

(Photo by Ulrich Voigt)

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thermographic picture of a newborn hare..

(Photo: U. Voigt)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reduviid bug: Dipetalogaster maxima.

(Photo: U.Voigt

 

 

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