Movement patterns and habitat selection during dispersal in Eurasian lynx
Natal dispersal affects the gene flow, distribution, dynamics and social structure of a population. In many solitary mammals, dispersal is often male-biased, while females may remain philopatric. For the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), dispersal distances vary greatly and may be explained by sex or by ha...
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ftunivhelsihelda:oai:helda.helsinki.fi:10138/327289 2024-01-07T09:47:23+01:00 Movement patterns and habitat selection during dispersal in Eurasian lynx Herrero, Annika Heikkinen, Juha Holmala, Katja Ecosystems and Environment Research Programme 2021-03-01T16:26:01Z 11 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10138/327289 eng eng Springer-Verlag 10.1007/s13364-020-00499-7 Open access funding provided by Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE). The study was partially financed by the Raija and Ossi Tuuliainen Foundation, the Emil Aaltonen Foundation, and the Academy of Finland (decision number 310072). Herrero , A , Heikkinen , J & Holmala , K 2020 , ' Movement patterns and habitat selection during dispersal in Eurasian lynx ' , Mammal research , vol. 65 , no. 3 , pp. 523-533 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-020-00499-7 f9a17a8c-9ea2-4cf1-884f-6abb3c260f03 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/327289 000532872500001 cc_by openAccess info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess 1181 Ecology evolutionary biology Article publishedVersion 2021 ftunivhelsihelda 2023-12-14T00:06:15Z Natal dispersal affects the gene flow, distribution, dynamics and social structure of a population. In many solitary mammals, dispersal is often male-biased, while females may remain philopatric. For the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), dispersal distances vary greatly and may be explained by sex or by habitat characteristics, such as fragmentation. Juvenile lynx habitat selection during dispersal has not been studied before, but resident lynx select heterogeneous forested habitats and avoid human settlements and infrastructure through distinct temporal activity patterns. We studied movement patterns and habitat selection during the dispersal of 22 Eurasian lynx (7 females, 15 males) in Finland. We found no differences between the sexes in the onset age, duration, distance, route or route linearity. Dispersal took place mostly during the evening and at night but also during the day. Of the four most used habitats, the mixed forests and transitional woodlands were used more frequently than would be expected according to their availability, and conifer forests and fields less than would be expected. Housing and other human infrastructure, including roads, were the least frequently used categories. There was a highly significant difference between the used and available habitats in general. The lynx selected the habitat more carefully during the day than during the night. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Lynx Lynx lynx lynx HELDA – University of Helsinki Open Repository Mammal Research 65 3 523 533 |
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Natal dispersal affects the gene flow, distribution, dynamics and social structure of a population. In many solitary mammals, dispersal is often male-biased, while females may remain philopatric. For the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), dispersal distances vary greatly and may be explained by sex or by habitat characteristics, such as fragmentation. Juvenile lynx habitat selection during dispersal has not been studied before, but resident lynx select heterogeneous forested habitats and avoid human settlements and infrastructure through distinct temporal activity patterns. We studied movement patterns and habitat selection during the dispersal of 22 Eurasian lynx (7 females, 15 males) in Finland. We found no differences between the sexes in the onset age, duration, distance, route or route linearity. Dispersal took place mostly during the evening and at night but also during the day. Of the four most used habitats, the mixed forests and transitional woodlands were used more frequently than would be expected according to their availability, and conifer forests and fields less than would be expected. Housing and other human infrastructure, including roads, were the least frequently used categories. There was a highly significant difference between the used and available habitats in general. The lynx selected the habitat more carefully during the day than during the night. Peer reviewed |
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Movement patterns and habitat selection during dispersal in Eurasian lynx |
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Movement patterns and habitat selection during dispersal in Eurasian lynx |
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Movement patterns and habitat selection during dispersal in Eurasian lynx |
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Movement patterns and habitat selection during dispersal in Eurasian lynx |
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Movement patterns and habitat selection during dispersal in Eurasian lynx |
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10.1007/s13364-020-00499-7 Open access funding provided by Natural Resources Institute Finland (LUKE). The study was partially financed by the Raija and Ossi Tuuliainen Foundation, the Emil Aaltonen Foundation, and the Academy of Finland (decision number 310072). Herrero , A , Heikkinen , J & Holmala , K 2020 , ' Movement patterns and habitat selection during dispersal in Eurasian lynx ' , Mammal research , vol. 65 , no. 3 , pp. 523-533 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-020-00499-7 f9a17a8c-9ea2-4cf1-884f-6abb3c260f03 http://hdl.handle.net/10138/327289 000532872500001 |
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