The purpose of this volume is to bring together and summarize current knowledge about the rabbit in the wild. It is intended to cover all aspects of its history, from how it spread naturally throughout Western Europe and North Africa to the reasons for its introduction by man into Britain during the 12th century and how the rabbit subsequently established wild colonies. The author also shows how they became important components in many ecosystems both as prey and as vegetarian predators, changing and controlling the characteristics of plant and animal diversity and modifying the landscape in which they lived. Also considered are its life cycle, diet, diseases, relationship with other rabbits and its behaviour and social life. The factors controlling rabbit numbers are discussed and finally some predictions are made concerning the future relationships between man and the wild rabbit.
- ISBN10 0747004021
- ISBN13 9780747004028
- Publish Date 30 May 1991
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 March 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Imprint Helm
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 224
- Language English