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Foraging by lynx and its role in ungulate mortality
PaperJedrzejewski and colleagues studied Eurasian lynx predation in Poland's Bialowieza Forest, quantifying kill rates, prey selection and the lynx's contribution to roe deer and red deer mortality. They f…
Jedrzejewski, W., Schmidt, K., Milkowski, L., Jedrzejewska, B. & Okarma, H. · Acta Theriologica · 1993
Recovery of Large Carnivores in Europe's Human-Dominated Landscapes
PaperThis study documented that large carnivores, including the Eurasian lynx, have recovered and persist across much of Europe not in remote wilderness but in landscapes densely settled and used by people…
Chapron G, Kaczensky P, Linnell JDC, et al. · Science · 2014
Research overview: Eurasian lynx camera-trap density estimation
OverviewThe Eurasian lynx ranges across forests of Europe and Asia, and its spotted coat enables individual identification, making it a frequent subject of camera-trap capture-recapture density studies. This…
Research overview: Eurasian lynx predation on roe deer in Europe
OverviewAn overview of the predator-prey relationship between Eurasian lynx and roe deer, the lynx's principal prey across much of temperate Europe. Lynx are efficient solitary ambush hunters of small ungulat…
Research overview: Eurasian lynx reintroduction in Europe
OverviewThe Eurasian lynx was exterminated from much of central and western Europe and has since been reintroduced to several regions, including the Alps, the Jura, and parts of central Europe. This overview…
Research overview: selection for vulnerable prey classes by felids
OverviewAn overview of the long-debated tendency of cats to kill the young, old, sick and injured disproportionately, and what it implies for predation impact. If predators chiefly remove individuals with low…
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