biostudies-literatureOliveira TFundação para a Ciência e a TecnologiaTraining Forest Enterprise Masaryk Forest KřtinyBernd Thies FoundationInterregLIFE programmePlitvice Lakes NPPublic Institution "Priroda"Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RSHunting inspectorate of the Canton of Bern, Stotzer-Kästli-Stiftung, Zigerli-Hegi-Stiftung, Haldimann-Stiftung, Zürcher Tierschutz, Temperatio-Stiftung, Karl Mayer Stiftung, Stiftung OrmellaRegina Bauer StiftungCharity foundation from LiechtensteinMinistry of the Environment of the Slovak RepublicNature Protection Division of the County Governor's Office for Innlandet, Viken, Vestfold and Telemark, & Trøndelag CountyNorwegian Directorate for Nature Management (Miljødirektoratet)MiljødirektoratetRiepe FoundationNorges ForskningsrådMendelova Univerzita v BrněBernd Thies-StiftungMinistry of Environment of the Czech Republic154-167https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11730767biostudies-literatureUnknown94(1)The estimation of foraging parameters is fundamental for understanding predator ecology. Predation and feeding can vary with multiple factors, such as prey availability, presence of kleptoparasites and human disturbance. However, our knowledge is mostly limited to local scales, which prevents studying effects of environmental factors across larger ecological gradients. Here, we compared inter-kill intervals and handling times of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) across a large latitudinal gradient, from subarctic to the Mediterranean ecosystems, using a standardised dataset of predicted adult ungulate kills from 107 GPS-collared lynx from nine distinct populations in Europe. We analysed variations in these two foraging parameters in relation to proxies reflecting prey availability, scavengers' preThe Journal of animal ecologyEcological and intrinsic drivers of foraging parameters of Eurasian lynx at a continental scale.PMC11730767N1‐0163281092J1-50013CZ.05.4.27/0.0/0.0/20_139/0012815SFRH/BD/144110/2019J1‐50013DTP3‐314‐2.3251112160022/F40DTP3-314-2.3LIFE Luchs LIFE13 NAT/DE/000755LIFE Lynx LIFE16 NAT/SL/000634N1-0163Mattisson JLinnell JOdden JPremier JBufka LSlijepcevic VKrofel MKrojerova-Prokesova JHeurich MCerne ROrnicans AMachcinik BPavlov AHerdtfelder MKubarsepp MHocevar LKubala JKoubek PKusak JOliveira TKutal MMolinari PMannil PIlko TProstor MTam BFlezar URodriguez-Recio MMelovski DBelotti EKont RHvala TGonev AVogt KOeser JSmolko PDula MfalseEcological and intrinsic drivers of foraging parameters of Eurasian lynx at a continental scale.The estimation of foraging parameters is fundamental for understanding predator ecology. Predation and feeding can vary with multiple factors, such as prey availability, presence of kleptoparasites and human disturbance. However, our knowledge is mostly limited to local scales, which prevents studying effects of environmental factors across larger ecological gradients. Here, we compared inter-kill intervals and handling times of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) across a large latitudinal gradient, from subarctic to the Mediterranean ecosystems, using a standardised dataset of predicted adult ungulate kills from 107 GPS-collared lynx from nine distinct populations in Europe. We analysed variations in these two foraging parameters in relation to proxies reflecting prey availability, scavengers' pre2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Jan2026-05-29T15:29:56.677Z2025-04-06T01:18:11.912ZS-EPMC117307673960010110.1111/1365-2656.14228