Long-Term Changes in Survival of Eurasian Lynx in Three Reintroduced Populations in Switzerland.

ABSTRACT: For conservation or management programs, basic data on vital rates are important but often hard to acquire for long-lived and elusive wildlife species such as large carnivores. In this study, we analyzed long-term changes in survival rates for different sexes and age classes (juvenile, subadult, adult) in three reintroduced Swiss lynx populations (Alps, Jura, Northeastern Switzerland). A novel modeling approach allowed us to combine picture data from camera trapping and lynx pictures resulting from chance observations, telemetry data, and dead recoveries over a monitoring period of 25 years (1997-2022). Mean annual survival of adult lynx varied between 0.71 and 0.81 for males and between 0.70 and 0.85 for females. Mean survival of subadults ranged between 0.59 and 0.89 among populations. J

SUBMITTER: Vogt K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11955280 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature