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Did a google search on
increase in rabbit population every 7 years
and found the following:
http://www.sjcparks.org/pdffiles/Pre_Visit_Packets/Carrying Capacity.pdf
and
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194098
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"A number of years ago I read that the Hudson Bay Fur records indicated there was an approximate seven year cycle between rabbit and fox populations. When the fox population peaked the rabbit population was at it lowest point and vice versa. Ah the balance of nature! "
I guess the point is for me and anyone else that has seen an increase in their rabbit population is that when rabbits boon there will be a predator that will also grow and move to reduce rabbit populations to return it to equilibrium. Be that hawks, foxes or coyotes.
Maybe not the scientific journals you are searching for but it is a fact of nature that when one population thrives it will increase other populations until the situation is corrected and the ecosystem becomes in balance at least for a short time. Then the cycle repeats.
So watch out for predators!
Did a google search on
increase in rabbit population every 7 years
and found the following:
http://www.sjcparks.org/pdffiles/Pre_Visit_Packets/Carrying Capacity.pdf
and
http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194098
Scroll down for post from Polydorus
"A number of years ago I read that the Hudson Bay Fur records indicated there was an approximate seven year cycle between rabbit and fox populations. When the fox population peaked the rabbit population was at it lowest point and vice versa. Ah the balance of nature! "
I guess the point is for me and anyone else that has seen an increase in their rabbit population is that when rabbits boon there will be a predator that will also grow and move to reduce rabbit populations to return it to equilibrium. Be that hawks, foxes or coyotes.
Maybe not the scientific journals you are searching for but it is a fact of nature that when one population thrives it will increase other populations until the situation is corrected and the ecosystem becomes in balance at least for a short time. Then the cycle repeats.
So watch out for predators!
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