Movement phases make a difference in habitat selection: Iberian lynx diversity of responses to human-modified landscapes.

ABSTRACT: Wildlife conservation requires a comprehensive understanding of habitat and landscape conditions supporting viable and well-connected populations, especially for reintroduction efforts. Habitat selection depends on different life processes and behavioural states driving animal movements. However, habitat modelling often considers all species records together or distinguishes only between locations within and outside home ranges. We considered a more detailed characterization of movements, focusing on five distinct movement phases: home ranges, transient residences, excursions, post-release dispersals and dispersals. Utilizing GPS telemetry data from 124 Iberian lynxes (Lynx pardinus), mainly tracked during a reintroduction programme, we examined their habitat selection and adaptation to he

SUBMITTER: Cisneros-Araujo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12484401 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature