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| Schadt, S.A. | |
| Scenarios assessing the viability of a lynx population in Germany | |
| 2002 Full Book | |
Lynx are slowly recovering in Germany after an absence of about 100 years and additional reintroduction programs are launched. Suitable habitat for populations is distributed in different degrees of fragmentation in Germany, and it is not known, which patches could host a viable population or contribute to the potential spread of a lynx population. I combined spatial and demographic scenarios with a spatially-explicit population simulation model to predict viability and colonisation success of the populations in the different patches and to give guidelines for species reintroductions. The spatial basis for the model is a validated habitat model for the lynx in Germany consisting of barriers, matrix, dispersal and breeding habitat. The dispersal module stems from a calibrated dispersal model, and the demographic module uses published information on lynx' life history. |
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