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| Buskirk, S.W.; Ruggiero, L.F.; Aubry, K.B.; Pearson, D.E.; Squires, J.R.; McKelvey, K.S. | |
| Comparative ecology of lynx in North America | |
| 2000 Book Chapter | |
Lynx occur across a large geographic area, but have only been studied in a few locations, and this has led to extrapolation of understandings into areas with very divergent ecologies. We discuss ecological differences across the range of lynx, contrasting the patterns of climate, vegetation, disturbance dynamics and succession, and predator/prey relationships. In all these particulars, areas where lynx occur within the contiguous United States diverge from the well-studied areas of the taiga. We caution against uncritical application of ecological understandings derived from the North to southern lynx and we emphasize the potential importance of late-successional forests as habitat for hares, red squirrels, and lynx in the southern part of the range of the lynx. |
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