Long‐term changes in habitat selection and prey spectrum in a reintroduced Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) population in Switzerland
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8614
Abstract: Abstract When wild‐caught Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from the Slovak Carpathian Mountains were reintroduced to Central Switzerland in the early 1970s and spread through the north‐western Swiss Alps (NWA), they faced a largely unfamiliar landscape… read more here.
Keywords: long term; prey spectrum; eurasian lynx; lynx ... See more keywords
Felid bedrooms with a panoramic view: selection of resting sites by Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in a karstic landscape
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DOI: 10.1007/s00265-021-02977-7
Abstract: Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is a crepuscular-nocturnal carnivore and mostly spends daytime resting. Although resting sites represent an important part of the lynx habitat and can be negatively affected by human activities, it is still… read more here.
Keywords: lynx lynx; lynx; resting sites; karstic landscape ... See more keywords
First confirmed case of Alaria alata mesocercaria in Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) hunted in Latvia
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DOI: 10.1007/s00436-019-06556-8
Abstract: Trematode Alaria spp. have a complex life cycle that includes canids, mustelids, and felids as definitive hosts. However, several mammal species, besides acting as definitive hosts, may also act as paratenic hosts. Alaria spp. life… read more here.
Keywords: lynx; lynx lynx; case; eurasian lynx ... See more keywords
Fears from the past? The innate ability of dogs to detect predator scents
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DOI: 10.1007/s10071-020-01379-y
Abstract: Throughout the animal kingdom, antipredator mechanisms are an evolutionary driving force to enable the survival of species classified as prey. Information regarding a predator’s location can be determined through chemosensory cues from urine, faeces, visual… read more here.
Keywords: lynx; detect predator; innate ability; predator ... See more keywords
Parturition dates in wild Eurasian lynx: evidence of a second oestrus?
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DOI: 10.1007/s42991-020-00037-7
Abstract: Understanding reproductive physiology of a species is important to assess their potential to respond to environmental variation and perturbation of their social system during the mating or pre-mating seasons. We report 175 parturition dates from… read more here.
Keywords: lynx; dates wild; wild eurasian; physiology ... See more keywords
Robust monitoring of the Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx in the Slovak Carpathians reveals lower numbers than officially reported
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DOI: 10.1017/s003060531700076x
Abstract: Abstract The Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx population in the Carpathian Mountains is considered to be one of the best preserved and largest in Europe and hence is a source for past and current reintroduction projects… read more here.
Keywords: lynx; lynx lynx; lynx population; eurasian lynx ... See more keywords
Echinococcus multilocularis in a Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in Turkey
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182018000082
Abstract: Abstract Echinococcus multilocularis is the causative agent of alveolar echinococcosis (AE), one of the most threatening zoonoses in Eurasia. Human AE is widespread in the Erzurum region of Turkey, but the situation of the disease… read more here.
Keywords: turkey; echinococcus multilocularis; lynx; lynx lynx ... See more keywords
Hepatitis E virus in the endangered Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus)
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DOI: 10.1111/tbed.14624
Abstract: Abstract Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen in Europe. In the Iberian Peninsula, wild boar (Sus scrofa) is considered the main wildlife reservoir of HEV. This wild ungulate shares habitat and resources… read more here.
Keywords: iberian lynx; hepatitis virus; hev; lynx ... See more keywords
Historical distribution of lynx (Lynx lynx) in Northeast China on the basis of historical records
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DOI: 10.1134/s1067413617060133
Abstract: Long-term dynamics of population decline can improve the conservation perspectives and strategies for endanger species. In China, new gazetteers having systematic compilation and wide geographical coverage can be considered as an important complementary for reconstruction… read more here.
Keywords: new gazetteers; historical distribution; lynx; lynx lynx ... See more keywords
Sheep farmers not feeling the lynx effect
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DOI: 10.1136/vr.j3780
Abstract: THE Lynx UK Trust has submitted an application to Natural England to reintroduce lynx back into the UK countryside following a year-long consultation. The move, which has been met with tough criticism from the farming… read more here.
Keywords: lynx; trust; kielder; sheep ... See more keywords
Does prey density predict characteristics of primiparity in a solitary and specialized predator, the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis)?
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DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2016-0269
Abstract: Age at primiparity is a flexible life history trait that purportedly responds to changing population dynamics and variable resource abundance. We examined placental scars in yearling Canada lynx ( Lynx canadensis Kerr, 1792) from the… read more here.
Keywords: lynx; canada lynx; lynx lynx; abundance ... See more keywords