IUCN / SSC Cat Specialist Group - Digital Cat Library |
|
||||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|
| Basille, M. | |
| Habitat selection by lynx (_Lynx lynx_) in a human-dominated landscape - From theory to application | |
| 2008 Full Book | |
This work aims at studying habitat selection at different scales on lynx (_Lynx lynx_) in southern Norway. We first provided the general theoretical context, in order to describe a species' habitat and niche. We demonstrated that habitat selection occurs at the scale where habitat variable show the highest variability. We developped a general niche-environment framework called GNESFA (which encompasses three complementary methods, the ENFA, the MADIFA and the FANTER) to perform an extensive description of a species' habitat. In the case of lynx, we showed the existence of a trade-off at large scale between abundance of prey human activity. We demonstrated the limiting role of lynx on their favored prey along a gradient of productivity. This research shows the way towards a more thorough fine-scaled analysis. |
|
 |
PDF files are only accessible to Friends of the Cat Group. Joining Friends of the Cat Group gives you unlimited access and downloads in the Cat SG Library for one year, and allows you to receive our newsletter Cat News (2 regular issues per year plus special issues). More information how to join here |
(c) IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group ( IUCN - The World Conservation Union) |