Lynx reintroductions in fragmented landscapes of Germany: Projects with a future or misunderstood wildlife conservation?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 169-182

  Kramer Schadt, Stephanie ^a,b   Revilla, Eloy ^a,c   Wiegand, Thorsten ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Large carnivores; Lynx lynx L.; Mortality scenarios; Population viability analysis; Spatially explicit individual based model; Species reintroduction

Indexed keywords

FELID; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

LYNX LYNX;

EID: 20644469457     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.02.015     Document Type: Article

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