Eurasian lynx fitness shows little variation across Scandinavian human-dominated landscapes.

ABSTRACT: Despite extensive research on the ecology and behavioural adaptations of large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes, information about the fitness consequences of sharing landscapes is still limited. We assessed the variation in three consecutive components of female fitness: the probability of reproduction, litter size and juvenile survival in relation to environmental and human factors in a solitary carnivore, the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), occurring in human-dominated landscapes in Scandinavia. We used demographic data from 57 radio-collared adult females between 1995-2011 (126 radio-years). Overall, the yearly probability of female reproduction was 0.80, mean litter size was 2.34 (range 1-4) and the probability to find a female that reproduced in the spring being accompanied by at

SUBMITTER: Lopez-Bao JV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6586631 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature