Roe deer population trend after reintroduction of Eurasian lynx within the Palatinate Forest: a first insight into a long-term study
After becoming extinct approximately 250 years ago in the Palatinate Forest, the first Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) were reintroduced within this area in 2016, with 20 lynx reintroduced in the following five years. We observed the roe deer population within the Palatinate Forest before (2016) and durin...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:45112ce076e3432fb9a60a190cc2e1e8 2024-02-04T10:05:19+01:00 Roe deer population trend after reintroduction of Eurasian lynx within the Palatinate Forest: a first insight into a long-term study Carolin Tröger Diress Tsegaye Ulf Hohmann 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/45112ce076e3432fb9a60a190cc2e1e8 EN eng University of Kansas Libraries https://journals.ku.edu/EuroJEcol/article/view/15426 https://doaj.org/toc/1339-8474 1339-8474 https://doaj.org/article/45112ce076e3432fb9a60a190cc2e1e8 European Journal of Ecology, Vol 7, Iss 2 (2021) Eurasian lynx roe deer population estimation distance sampling predator-prey Ecology QH540-549.5 article 2021 ftdoajarticles 2024-01-07T01:47:21Z After becoming extinct approximately 250 years ago in the Palatinate Forest, the first Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) were reintroduced within this area in 2016, with 20 lynx reintroduced in the following five years. We observed the roe deer population within the Palatinate Forest before (2016) and during (2017–2019) the lynx reintroduction by estimating the population and evaluating the hunting bag. The roe deer population estimation based on the distance sampling method was conducted on ten defined transects with an average length of 48 km from 2016 to 2019, observing a 6,000 km transect length for 120 nights overall. An average of 6.54 ± 1.28 roe deer km-² was estimated over the course of the four years (2016 – 2019). Since we suspect that our estimations might underestimate the roe deer population within the Palatinate Forest, hence we preferred to use the roe deer count index for further analysis. Over the first four years (2016–2019), significant differences were neither found in the roe deer count index nor for the hunting bag in relation to the reintroduction of the lynx. The data and findings presented in this study provide a first insight into a long-term observation of a predator-prey system within the Palatinate Forest, with roe deer not having experienced a natural predator over a long time. In order to make coherent interpretations, long-term data is needed to estimate the population trends of both species within the Palatinate Forest. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
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After becoming extinct approximately 250 years ago in the Palatinate Forest, the first Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) were reintroduced within this area in 2016, with 20 lynx reintroduced in the following five years. We observed the roe deer population within the Palatinate Forest before (2016) and during (2017–2019) the lynx reintroduction by estimating the population and evaluating the hunting bag. The roe deer population estimation based on the distance sampling method was conducted on ten defined transects with an average length of 48 km from 2016 to 2019, observing a 6,000 km transect length for 120 nights overall. An average of 6.54 ± 1.28 roe deer km-² was estimated over the course of the four years (2016 – 2019). Since we suspect that our estimations might underestimate the roe deer population within the Palatinate Forest, hence we preferred to use the roe deer count index for further analysis. Over the first four years (2016–2019), significant differences were neither found in the roe deer count index nor for the hunting bag in relation to the reintroduction of the lynx. The data and findings presented in this study provide a first insight into a long-term observation of a predator-prey system within the Palatinate Forest, with roe deer not having experienced a natural predator over a long time. In order to make coherent interpretations, long-term data is needed to estimate the population trends of both species within the Palatinate Forest. |
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Carolin Tröger Diress Tsegaye Ulf Hohmann |
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Roe deer population trend after reintroduction of Eurasian lynx within the Palatinate Forest: a first insight into a long-term study |
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Roe deer population trend after reintroduction of Eurasian lynx within the Palatinate Forest: a first insight into a long-term study |
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Roe deer population trend after reintroduction of Eurasian lynx within the Palatinate Forest: a first insight into a long-term study |
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Roe deer population trend after reintroduction of Eurasian lynx within the Palatinate Forest: a first insight into a long-term study |
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Roe deer population trend after reintroduction of Eurasian lynx within the Palatinate Forest: a first insight into a long-term study |
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roe deer population trend after reintroduction of eurasian lynx within the palatinate forest: a first insight into a long-term study |
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