2008
DOI: 10.1139/z08-064
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Role of predation and hunting on eastern cottontail mortality at Cape Cod National Seashore, Massachusetts

Abstract: The degree that hunting may influence game populations depends on whether hunting mortality is additional to (additive) or replaces (compensatory) natural-caused mortalities. In response to limited information on the effects of exploitation on eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus (J.A. Allen, 1890)) populations within Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS), we initiated an investigation of cause-specific mortality using transmitter-equipped cottontails in hunted and nonhunted areas as a way to examine the addi… Show more

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“…In 2016, we documented a mortality 5 days after a 6‐inch (15.2‐cm) snow event and, in 2018, we documented a mortality 2 days after an 11‐inch (27.9‐cm) snow event. This trend has been noted in other studies, with increased predation of both New England and eastern cottontails documented with an increase in the number of days of snow cover as well as snow depth and persistence (Brown and Litvaitis 1995, Boland and Litvaitis 2008).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…In 2016, we documented a mortality 5 days after a 6‐inch (15.2‐cm) snow event and, in 2018, we documented a mortality 2 days after an 11‐inch (27.9‐cm) snow event. This trend has been noted in other studies, with increased predation of both New England and eastern cottontails documented with an increase in the number of days of snow cover as well as snow depth and persistence (Brown and Litvaitis 1995, Boland and Litvaitis 2008).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 83%
“…It was higher than the survival of New England Cottontails in smaller (sink) patches. Daily survival rates were comparable to those obtained for Eastern Cottontails at Cape Cod, MA by Boland and Litvaitis (2008).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 69%
“…Predation is the primary mortality factor for cottontails (Boland andLitvaitis 2008, Chapman et al 1982), and previous studies have documented mammalian and avian predators of Appalachian Cottontails (Barry et al 1997, Sommer 1997.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Other field experiments have used protected and hunted areas to examine the effects of harvest on survival of radio-marked birds (Smith & Willebrand 1999;Williams, Lutz & Applegate 2004;Duriez et al 2005;Buenestado et al 2009), and mammals (Bartmann et al 1992;Boland & Litvaitis 2008;Obbard & Howe 2008;Cooley et al 2009). These studies improve on analyses of dead recoveries by use of experimental protocols, but most were unable to regulate levels of harvest in hunted areas, did not assign treatments at random and had little to no replication.…”
Section: Staceymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…2009), and mammals (Bartmann et al. 1992; Boland & Litvaitis 2008; Obbard & Howe 2008; Cooley et al. 2009).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%