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| Vashon, J.; McLellan, S.; Crowley, S.; Meehan, A.; Laustsen, K. | |
| Canada lynx assessment | |
| 2012 Full Book | |
Species Assessments are written by biologists in the Research and Assessment Section of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife (MDIFW). These Assessments reflect the current state of knowledge about a particular species, or group of species, and are one of the core elements in MDIFW's species planning process. Assessments are used by public working groups and biologists to draft species' management goals for the next 15 years. They also serve as a reference for biologists and the general public interested in reviewing the ecology, management, or public use of a particular species. Assessments are based on the best available scientific information and the field experiences and judgments of professional wildlife biologists. Species assessments cover subjects pertinent to a species' management in 5 sections. The Natural History section discusses biological characteristics of the species and important interactions with other species. The Management section contains historical and present-day records of regulations, management goals, and objectives. The Habitat and Population sections, in addition to reporting habitat relationships and historical and present-day information on numbers and trends, provide future projections for the species and its habitat. The assessment also includes a section that discusses public interest and use of a species from an historical and contemporary perspective, and speculates on future public use of a species. Finally, the Summary and Conclusions summarize the major points of the assessment. The majority of information in this assessment is based on recent studies of lynx and snowshoe hares in Maine when there was an abundance of optimal habitat. Although the number of lynx in Maine has fluctuated, recent information is informative in assessing the upper bounds of lynx numbers. Our knowledge of the ability of lynx to persist when ideal habitat conditions are less abundant is limited to inference from historical data and studies outside Maine. |
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