What shapes Eurasian lynx distribution in human dominated landscapes: selecting prey or avoiding people

• Published in: Ecography (Copenhagen) Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 683 - 691
• Main Authors: Basille, Mathieu, Herfindal, Ivar, Santin-Janin, Hugues, Linnell, John D.C, Odden, John, Andersen, Reidar, Arild Høgda, Kjell, Gaillard, Jean-Michel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.08.2009; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell; Wiley
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Applied ecology; Biological and medical sciences; Exploitation and management of natural biological resources (hunting, fishing and exploited populations survey, etc.); Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; General aspects; Life Sciences; Lynx; Other; Norway; Poaching; Human; Fissipedia; Carnivora; Landscape; Snow; Mortality; Collision; Lynx lynx; Environmental factor; Risk; Capreolus capreolus; Recreational activity; Prey; Vertebrata; Reproduction; Mammalia; Southern Norway; Ecological niche; Female; Artiodactyla; Ungulata; Ecological abundance; Anthropogenic factor

In the multi-use landscape of southern Norway, the distribution of lynx is likely to be determined both by the abundance of their favoured prey - the roe deer - and the risk associated with the presence of humans because most lynx mortalities are caused by humans (recreational harvest, poaching, veh...