Parameter values and breeding season scenarios used to model rabbit population dynamics.

Values under the Population dynamics heading were used for testing the effect of length and variability of breeding season on population size and extinction probability, while the Response time ones refer to analyses examining the potential rate of increase of rabbit populations after perturbations causing collapses. Breeding season scenarios consist of a mean (in months) and inter-annual variability (Coefficient of Variation in %) over a 30-year period of the duration of breeding season. These scenarios were aimed to be representative of the whole range of possibilities found in real populations worldwide.* Initial density was set at carrying capacity to increase population stability.