Extreme home range sizes among Eurasian lynx at the northern edge of their biogeographic range
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)...
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ftninstnf:oai:brage.nina.no:11250/2987093 2023-05-15T15:05:22+02:00 Extreme home range sizes among Eurasian lynx at the northern edge of their biogeographic range Linnell, John Durrus Mattisson, Jenny Odden, John 2021 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2987093 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7436 eng eng Andre: 212919 Andre: The county administration of Finnmark Andre: The county administration of Troms Norges forskningsråd: 251112 Andre: Carnivore managment board in Region 8 Andre: Norwegian Reindeer Development Fund Andre: Norwegian Environment Agency; Norges forskningsråd: 183176 urn:issn:2045-7758 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2987093 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7436 cristin:1899082 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no © 2021 The Authors. CC-BY Ecology and Evolution carnivore habitat home range ranging behavior Scandinavia VDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480 VDP::Zoology and botany: 480 Peer reviewed Journal article 2021 ftninstnf https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7436 2022-03-30T22:41:35Z 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) km2 for males (n = 9 ranges) and 1,456 (± 179 SE) km2 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. carnivore, habitat, home range, ranging behavior, scandinavia publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Tundra Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Norwegian Institute for Nature Research: Brage NINA Arctic Norway Ecology and Evolution 11 10 5001 5009 |
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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) km2 for males (n = 9 ranges) and 1,456 (± 179 SE) km2 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. carnivore, habitat, home range, ranging behavior, scandinavia publishedVersion |
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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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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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Andre: 212919 Andre: The county administration of Finnmark Andre: The county administration of Troms Norges forskningsråd: 251112 Andre: Carnivore managment board in Region 8 Andre: Norwegian Reindeer Development Fund Andre: Norwegian Environment Agency; Norges forskningsråd: 183176 urn:issn:2045-7758 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2987093 https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7436 cristin:1899082 |
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