Diet adaptability by a generalist herbivore: the case of brown hare in a Mediterranean agroecosystem

Zoological Studies

Table 2 Mean ± SE of frequency of occurrence (F%) for the main food categories

Hare groups	Monocotyledons	Dicotyledons	Fruits, seeds, and barks	Stomach content dry weight
Dry
Sex
Males	35.37 ± 4.1	46.5 ± 8.5	15.56 ± 7.6	13.8 ± 3.03
Females	36.97 ± 5.4	29.9 ± 5	32.36 ± 4	19.1 ± 2.3
Age
Juveniles	38.2 ± 4.9	49.3 ± 5.6^c	10.2 ± 3.08^e	14.8 ± 2.03*
Adults	34.2 ± 4.1	21.1 ± 5^d	44.21 ± 3.55^f	19.6 ± 2.75
Total	36.36 ± 3.2^a	36.27 ± 4.7	25.9 ± 4.1^g	17.8 ± 1.93ⁱ
Wet
Sex
Males	36.5 ± 7.7	59.52 ± 6.8	2.4 ± 0.065	9.75 ± 0.43
Females	56.3 ± 5.4	37.8 ± 5.7	5.6 ± 1.13	12.78 ± 0.92
Age
Juveniles	52.6 ± 10.8	41.9 ± 11.7	5.51 ± 1.5	10.25 ± 1.29
Adults	49.8 ± 5.7	44.6 ± 5.85	4.73 ± 1.3	13.36 ± 0.9
Total	50.85 ± 5.2^b	43.6 ± 5.5	5 ± 0.96^h	12.23 ± 0.8^j

Mean ± SE of frequency of occurrence (F%) for the main food categories in the diet of 48 examined hares, and stomach content dry weight (g) per season, age, and sex.
*Two leverets were excluded from the stomach content dry weight analysis as their stomachs contained milk.
In each column, the paired letters (ab, cd, ef, gh, ij) indicate significant differences at the 0.05 level.