Extreme home range sizes among Eurasian lynx at the northern edge of their biogeographic range
Abstract Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx ) have a wide distribution across Eurasia. The northern edge of this distribution is in Norway, where they reach up to 72 degrees north. We conducted a study of lynx space use in this region from 2007 to 2013 using GPS telemetry. The home range sizes averaged 2,606...
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crwiley:10.1002/ece3.7436 2024-09-15T18:39:46+00:00 Extreme home range sizes among Eurasian lynx at the northern edge of their biogeographic range Linnell, John D.C. Mattisson, Jenny Odden, John Miljødirektoratet Norges Forskningsråd 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7436 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ece3.7436 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/ece3.7436 en eng Wiley http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Ecology and Evolution volume 11, issue 10, page 5001-5009 ISSN 2045-7758 2045-7758 journal-article 2021 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7436 2024-07-18T04:22:01Z Abstract Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx ) have a wide distribution across Eurasia. The northern edge of this distribution is in Norway, where they reach up to 72 degrees north. We conducted a study of lynx space use in this region from 2007 to 2013 using GPS telemetry. The home range sizes averaged 2,606 (± 438 SE) km 2 for males ( n = 9 ranges) and 1,456 (± 179 SE) km 2 for females ( n = 24 ranges). These are the largest home ranges reported for any large felid, and indeed are only matched by polar bears, arctic living wolves, and grizzly bears among all the Carnivora. The habitat occupied was almost entirely treeless alpine tundra, with home ranges only containing from 20% to 25% of forest. These data have clear implications for the spatial planning of lynx management in the far north as the current management zones are located in unsuitable habitats and are not large enough to encompass individual lynx movements. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tundra Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Wiley Online Library Ecology and Evolution 11 10 5001 5009 |
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Abstract Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx ) have a wide distribution across Eurasia. The northern edge of this distribution is in Norway, where they reach up to 72 degrees north. We conducted a study of lynx space use in this region from 2007 to 2013 using GPS telemetry. The home range sizes averaged 2,606 (± 438 SE) km 2 for males ( n = 9 ranges) and 1,456 (± 179 SE) km 2 for females ( n = 24 ranges). These are the largest home ranges reported for any large felid, and indeed are only matched by polar bears, arctic living wolves, and grizzly bears among all the Carnivora. The habitat occupied was almost entirely treeless alpine tundra, with home ranges only containing from 20% to 25% of forest. These data have clear implications for the spatial planning of lynx management in the far north as the current management zones are located in unsuitable habitats and are not large enough to encompass individual lynx movements. |
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Extreme home range sizes among Eurasian lynx at the northern edge of their biogeographic range |
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Extreme home range sizes among Eurasian lynx at the northern edge of their biogeographic range |
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