The Snow Hare

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Mrs Manowska shrugs. ‘They have the south-westerly behind them, they’ll land by morning if their course is set straight.’ How does the novel explore romantic love? Do you think Lena loves Anton? How does meeting Grigori change her? Do you think she makes the right choice in the end? Northern populations of snowshoe hares undergo cycles that range from seven to 17 years between population peaks. The average time between peaks is approximately 10 years. The period of abundance usually lasts for two to five years, followed by a population decline to lower numbers or local scarcity. Areas of great abundance tend to be scattered. [15] Populations do not peak simultaneously in all areas, although a great deal of synchronicity occurs in northern latitudes. [19] From 1931 to 1948, the cycle was synchronized within one or two years over most of Canada and Alaska, despite differences in predators and food supplies. [20] In central Alberta, low snowshoe hare density occurred in 1965, with 42 to 74 snowshoe hares per 100 acres (40ha). The population peak occurred in November 1970 with 2,830 to 5,660 snowshoe hares per 100 acres (40ha). In the southern parts of its range, snowshoe hare populations do not fluctuate radically. [21] A bar to her ever getting married, fears her mother, who is thrilled when a young army officer nevertheless seeks Lena's hand, even though Lena is less than taken with him. Marries him she does, though, shelving for the moment her aspiration to become a doctor, and joining him in life at a military installation, where, with almost Marilyn French-like attention to the daily circumstances of the marriage, author Lichtarowicz depicts Lena's life, including how she fends off Anton's amatory desires night after night until one night he won't be put off any longer and consummates the relationship – the one and only time, it would seem, intercourse occurs. Adams, Lowell (1959). "An analysis of a population of snowshoe hares in northwestern Montana". Ecological Monographs. 29 (2): 148–153. doi: 10.2307/1942201. JSTOR 1942201.

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Despite her best efforts to thwart off her new husband, Lena becomes pregnant and gives birth to a daughter. As the war heats up, Lena's husband intends to send her and the baby off to a safe country. Lena instead runs away to return home to her family. When the Soviets invade Poland, Lena and her entire family (minus her husband) are transported to Siberia to a logging work camp. Bastille-Rousseau, G. et al. Phase-dependent climate–predator interactions explain three decades of variation in neonatal caribou survival. J. Anim. Ecol. 85, 445–456 (2016). On p. 261, Lena’s mother says, “I’m thinking about your father. How that man loved to lie in the sun. Yet he burned a strip off his nose every time.... Do you think anyone ever learns anything in life?” What does she mean? Why do you think she says this now? Do the characters in THE SNOW HARE learn something? In Minnesota, snowshoe hares are found in uplands and wetlands. [14] In New England, snowshoe hares favor second-growth forests. Lena leaps up to roar her approval. Ala puts her face in her hands and inches away along the bench.

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Their feet act as snowshoes. They have four long toes on each foot which spread widely on the snow. A major predator of the snowshoe hare is the Canada lynx. Historical records of animals caught by fur hunters over hundreds of years show the lynx and hare numbers rising and falling in a cycle, which has made the hare known to biology students worldwide as a case study of the relationship between numbers of predators and their prey. [4] [5] [6] Taxonomy and distribution [ edit ]

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England. On her deathbed, Lena cradled the amber. Memory fragments flashed of a life filled with unhappiness and suffering, but with the resolve to protect and nurture those she loved. A devastating accident ended Lena's dream of attending medical school in Krakow. Instead, she was forced to enter a loveless marriage to Lt. Bem of the Engineering Corps. He promised he would always care for her despite her injury....guilt perhaps? "The loss of a future is as great a loss as any other." "Lena tossed the amber from hand to hand wondering how it must be to end up trapped for all eternity.". Peers, M.J.L., Majchrzak, Y.N., Menzies, A.K. et al. Climate change increases predation risk for a keystone species of the boreal forest. Lena has lived a long, quiet life on her farm in Wales, alongside her husband and child. But as her end approaches, buried memories begin to return. Of her childhood in Poland, and her passion for science. Of the early days of her marriage, reluctant wife to an army officer. Of the birth of her daughter, whose arrival changed everything. This novel follows the fate of a Catholic Polish woman in the lead up to WWII and then after the Soviet invasion of Poland. The majority of WWII novels focus on Jewish characters as victims of the Holocaust or on Christian characters who either help them or perpetrate the hate. One of the things that makes this novel stand out is that the focus is shifted to the members of an ordinary Catholic family. The story takes place through Lena's memories, as she lies dying, an old lady now living in Wales.Exclosure experiments in Alberta indicated browsing by snowshoe hares during population peaks has the greatest impact on palatable species, thus further reducing the amount of available foods. In this study, insufficient nutritious young browse was available to sustain the number of snowshoe hares present in the peak years (1971 and 1972) in winter. [22] Murray, D. L. et al. Death from anthropogenic causes is partially compensatory in recovering wolf populations. Biol. Conserv. 143, 2514–2524 (2010). O’Donoghue, M., Boutin, S., Krebs, C. & Hofer, E. Numerical responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle. Oikos 80, 150–162 (1997).