Research overview: Eurasian lynx range and climate-land-use interactions in Europe

The Eurasian lynx, a larger relative of the Canada lynx, occupies forests across Europe and Asia where its future is shaped by both climate and intensive land use. This overview surveys how habitat-suitability modeling treats Eurasian lynx recolonization in Europe, the interplay of forest cover, prey (roe deer and hare), human disturbance, and projected climate change, and why land-use change often dominates climate signals at the scales studied. It reviews reintroduction programs and connectivity barriers across a fragmented continent. The synthesis contrasts the Eurasian lynx's broad, adaptable niche with the snow-specialist Canada lynx, illustrating how related felids face different balances of climate versus habitat pressure.