Rise and fall of a Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) stepping-stone population in central Germany

• Published in: Mammal Research
• Main Authors: Port, Markus, Henkelmann, Antje, Schröder, Friederike, Waltert, Matthias, Middelhoff, Lilli, Anders, Ole, Jokisch, Susanne
• Other Authors: Heinz Sielmann Stiftung, Heidehof Stiftung, HIT-Umweltstiftung, Heinrich Böll Stiftung
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2020
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Stepping Stones; Lynx; Lynx lynx lynx
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-020-00527-6; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s13364-020-00527-6.pdf; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13364-020-00527-6/fulltext.html

Abstract After having been extinct for approximately 200 years, the Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx ) is currently being reintroduced in several European countries. However, it still occurs in several local, isolated populations. Given the patchy distribution of its forest habitat within a human-dominated...