Predation on livestock by an expanding reintroduced lynx population: long‐term trend and spatial variability

• Published in: Journal of Applied Ecology
• Main Authors: Stahl, P., Vandel, J.M., Herrenschmidt, V., Migot, P.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2001
• Subjects: Lynx; Lynx lynx lynx
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00625.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1046%2Fj.1365-2664.2001.00625.x; https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00625.x

Summary In recent decades, the Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx has recolonized former habitat, bringing it into potential conflict with livestock. We studied the spatial and temporal distribution of lynx attacks on sheep in the French Jura between 1984 and 1998, during and after its population expansion. We...