Julian Oeser (Author), Marco Heurich (Author), Stephanie Kramer-Schadt (Author), Henrik Andrén (Author), Guna Bagrade (Author), Elisa Belotti (Author), Nives Pagon (Author), Luděk Bufka (Author), Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten (Author), Rok Černe (Author), Martin Duĺa (Author), Miha Krofel (Author), Teresa Oliveira (Author)

Abstract

Context Adjustments in habitat use by large carnivores can be a key factor facilitating their coexistence with people in shared landscapes. Landscape composition might be a key factor determining how large carnivores can adapt to occurring alongside humans, yet broad-scale analyses investigating adjustments of habitat use across large gradients of human pressure and landscape composition are lacking. Objectives Here, we investigate adjustments in habitat use by Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in response to varying availability of refuge habitats (i.e., forests and rugged terrain) and human landscape modifcation. Methods Using a large tracking dataset including 434 individuals from seven populations, we assess functional responses in lynx habitat use across two spatial scales, testing for variation by sex, daytime, and season. Results We found that lynx use refuge habitats more intensively with increasing landscape modifcation across spatial scales, selecting forests most strongly in otherwise open landscapes and rugged terrain in mountainous regions. Moreover, higher forest availability enabled lynx to place their home ranges in more human-modifed landscapes. Human pressure and refuge habitat availability also shaped temporal patterns of lynx habitat use, with lynx increasing refuge habitat use and reducing their use of human-modifed areas during periods of high exposure (daytime) or high vulnerability (postnatal period) to human pressure.

Keywords

telemetrija;evrazijski ris;Lynx lynx;funkcijski odgovor;razpoložljivost habitata;primernost habitata;animal tracking;adjustment;Eurasian lynx;functional response;habitat availability;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL BF - Biotechnical Faculty
UDC: 630*
COBISS: 149682691 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 1572-9761
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: telemetrija;evrazijski ris;Lynx lynx;funkcijski odgovor;razpoložljivost habitata;primernost habitata;
Type (COBISS): Article
Pages: str. 1713-1728
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ38
Issue: ǂiss. ǂ7
Chronology: 2023
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-023-01645-7
ID: 18648234