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Beltran, J.F.; Delibes, M.
Ecologia trofica del lince Iberico en Donana durante un periodo seco
1991 Donana, Acta Vertebrata (18): 113-122
We report on Iberian lynx food habits form February 1983 to September 1984, as determined by analysis of 209 scats collected thoughout Do¤ana Biological Reserve. Overall, food habits were similar to those reported by Delibes (1980), confirming the key role of rabbits in the lynx diet (1983-84: 70.1%, and 73.5% ten years before, both expressed as frequency of occurrence computed from the total of species found in faeces). Nevertheless, we also note an increase in the occurrence of alternative prey such as small mammals and wildfowl, mainly greylag geese (28 occurrences in 1983-84, none in 1973-1976). We explain these food habits shifts as responses to changes in prey availability caused by a) the severe drought of winter 1982-83, and b) changes in traditional patterns of land use. The implications of this trophic plasticity in both the Iberian lynx ecology and conservation policies are discussed.
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