Habitat selection by Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is primarily driven by avoidance of human activity during day and prey availability during night
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F17%3A76015" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/17:76015 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3204" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3204</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3204" target="_blank" >10.1002/ece3.3204</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Habitat selection by Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is primarily driven by avoidance of human activity during day and prey availability during night
Original language description
The greatest threat to the protected Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in Central Europe is human-induced mortality. As the availability of lynx prey often peaks in human-modified areas, lynx have to balance successful prey hunting with the risk of encounters with humans. We hypothesized that lynx minimize this risk by adjusting habitat choices to the phases of the day and over seasons. We predicted that (1) due to avoidance of human-dominated areas during daytime, lynx range use is higher at nighttime, that (2) prey availability drives lynx habitat selection at night, whereas high cover, terrain inaccessibility, and distance to human infrastructure drive habitat selection during the day, and that (3) habitat selection also differs between seasons, with altitude being a dominant factor in winter. To test these hypotheses, we analyzed telemetry data (GPS, VHF) of 10 lynx in the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem (Germany, Czech Republic) between 2005 and 2013 using generalized additive mixed models and considering var
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10602 - Biology (theoretical, mathematical, thermal, cryobiology, biological rhythm), Evolutionary biology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
ISSN
2045-7758
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
7
Issue of the periodical within the volume
16
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
6367-6381
UT code for WoS article
000409528000028
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85021863341