Tendencia poblacional de la liebre ibérica (Lepus granatensis) en el sur de la dorsal galega, España

Abstract

The Iberian hare (Lepus granatensis Rosenhauer, 1856) has the western distribution limit in the south of the dorsal galega. This work provides new data on the status of the species over 16 years of sampling. Indices of relative abundance of Iberian hare were determined in the dorsal galega through night censuses carried out in each season. During the years 2006-2020, a total of 2,500 km was gone down along forest tracks in the Suido and Faro de Avión mountain ranges, spread over 196 days. The relative abundance for the hare ranged between 0.07 and 0.30 ind/km for the Faro de Avión with an average of 0.18 ± 0.06 ind/km, and between 0.02 and 0.22 ind/km for the Suido, with an average of 0.07 ± 0.06 ind/km. The monitoring along the years of the studied population supports scientific decision-making for conservation and hunting management purposes.