Table 1 Description of model variables used in the analyses of European brown hare harvest records from Denmark, 1955–2000.
Variable | Description |
|---|---|
Winter cereals | Winter cereals, including winter wheat, winter barley, and winter rye |
Spring cereals | Spring cereals, including spring wheat, spring barley, spring rye, and oat |
Grass in rotation | Grass and green fodder in rotation, including grass, clover, maize, and Lucerne |
Grass out of rotation | Grass areas permanently out of rotation |
Winter rape | Winter rape |
Spring rape | Spring rape |
Root crops | Sugar beets for sugar production and fodder, mangolds, turnips, and carrots for feed |
Fox | The number of red fox harvested |
NAO | The winter state of the North Atlantic Oscillation |