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10 summaries in Conservation Science on iberian lynx
Research overview: Doñana and Sierra Morena, the last lynx refuges
OverviewBy the early 2000s the Iberian lynx survived in just two isolated populations, in Doñana and the eastern Sierra Morena of southern Spain, each small, fragmented, and at acute risk of extinction. This…
Research overview: EU LIFE funding and Iberian lynx conservation
OverviewThe Iberian lynx recovery was sustained by a series of large, multi-year conservation projects supported substantially by the European Union's LIFE program, which financed breeding, reintroduction, ha…
Research overview: Iberian lynx genetics and inbreeding
OverviewHaving passed through a severe bottleneck, the Iberian lynx carries low genetic diversity and signs of inbreeding, especially in the historically isolated Doñana population. This overview surveys cons…
Research overview: Iberian lynx habitat and Mediterranean scrubland
OverviewThe Iberian lynx depends on Mediterranean scrubland and woodland mosaics that support dense rabbit populations and provide cover for hunting and denning. This overview surveys research on lynx habitat…
Research overview: Iberian lynx reintroduction and translocation
OverviewReintroduction and translocation were central to expanding the Iberian lynx from two relict populations to a network of populations across Spain and Portugal. This overview surveys research on how rel…
Research overview: rabbit decline and the lynx prey base
OverviewThe Iberian lynx is a rabbit specialist, and the collapse of European rabbit populations from the viral diseases myxomatosis and rabbit hemorrhagic disease was a central driver of the lynx's near-exti…
Research overview: road mortality in the Iberian lynx
OverviewAs Iberian lynx populations expanded into landscapes crossed by roads, vehicle collisions became a leading cause of death, threatening to offset gains from breeding and reintroduction. This overview s…
Research overview: the Iberian lynx Red List downlisting
OverviewReflecting its recovery, the Iberian lynx was downlisted on the IUCN Red List from Critically Endangered to Endangered, and later assessments recognized further improvement as populations and range co…
Research overview: the Iberian lynx captive breeding program
OverviewA coordinated captive breeding program was a cornerstone of Iberian lynx recovery, producing animals for reintroduction while safeguarding genetic diversity. This overview surveys research underpinnin…
Research overview: the Iberian lynx recovery, Europe's flagship comeback
OverviewThe Iberian lynx, once the world's most endangered cat, fell to roughly a hundred animals in two isolated Spanish populations early this century before an intensive, sustained recovery effort reversed…