Evaluating the Canada lynx reintroduction programme in Colorado: patterns in mortality

• Published in: The Journal of applied ecology Vol. 47; no. 3; pp. 524 - 531
• Main Authors: Devineau, Olivier, Shenk, Tanya M, White, Gary C, Doherty Jr, Paul F, Lukacs, Paul M, Kahn, Richard H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.06.2010; Blackwell Publishing; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animal populations; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Canada lynx; Captivity; carnivore; Carnivores; Colorado; Conservation biology; Ecosystem studies; Editor's Choice; Environmental conservation; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Habitats; known‐fate model; Lynx; Lynx canadensis; Mammalia; Mortality; multistate model; program MARK; Radio transmitters; reintroduction; Species reintroduction; telemetry; Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution; Wildcats; Wildlife conservation; Wildlife management; Canada; United States; North America; Colorado; America; Fissipedia; Carnivora; Range finding; Program; Mortality; known-fate model; Lynx lynx; Carnivorous animal; Reintroduction; multistate model; Lynx canadensis; Vertebrata; Mammalia; program MARK; Colorado; carnivore; Models; Canada lynx; telemetry

1. Reintroducing carnivores has become a widely used technique to restore the natural integrity of ecosystems. Accurate estimates of demographic parameters for reintroduced populations are essential to evaluate the success of the reintroduction programme, assess the need to release additional animal...