Genetic analysis indicates spatial-dependent patterns of sex-biased dispersal in Eurasian lynx in Finland.

ABSTRACT: Conservation and management of large carnivores requires knowledge of female and male dispersal. Such information is crucial to evaluate the population's status and thus management actions. This knowledge is challenging to obtain, often incomplete and contradictory at times. The size of the target population and the methods applied can bias the results. Also, population history and biological or environmental influences can affect dispersal on different scales within a study area. We have genotyped Eurasian lynx (180 males and 102 females, collected 2003-2017) continuously distributed in southern Finland (~23,000 km2) using 21 short tandem repeats (STR) loci and compared statistical genetic tests to infer local and sex-specific dispersal patterns within and across genetic clusters as well

SUBMITTER: Herrero A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7894887 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature