Recovery of Eurasian Lynx in Europe: What Part has Reintroduction Played?

Reintroduction of Top-Order Predators

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 72-91

  Linnell, John D C ^a   Breitenmoser, Urs ^b   Breitenmoser Würsten, Christine ^b   Odden, John ^a   Von Arx, Manuela ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b KORA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distribution of Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx, in Europe recovery through natural recovery and reintroduction; Harz Mountains (Germany) 24 lynx officially released in Harz Mountains National Park; Jura (Switzerland) lynx reintroduced into Swiss part of Jura Mountains; Lynx decline in Scandinavia driven by direct persecution; Natural recovery versus reintroduction lynx distribution past and present; Nine lynx of wild origins reintroduced into southern Austria; Northern Dinaric Mountains (Slovenia, Croatia) six lynx released in Kocevje region of southern Slovenia; Recovery of Eurasian Lynx in Europe What part has reintroduction played; Surviving populations of lynx and dramatic reversals in public attitudes and wildlife management policy in mid 20th century; Vosges (France) best documented reintroductions of lynx

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889337241     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444312034.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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