| blood chemistry and endoparasites of the mountain hare (lepus timidus l.) in high and low density populations. | in order to study the effect of high population density on the condition, blood characteristics and helminth parasitism of mountain hares (lepus timidus), 12 specimens were shot in december 1982 and 12 more in february 1983 on the west coast of central finland (group 1, dense population). in addition 14 hares were shot in december 1982 about 100 km from group 1 (group 2, dense population). group 3 consists of 15 hares from stable, rather low density populations shot in southern finland during th ... | 1992 | 1602575 |