ORBi: Bouyer Yaëlle - Evaluating radical conservation futures: strategies for assessing the potential for Eurasian lynx in the Benelux countries

Reference : Evaluating radical conservation futures: strategies for assessing the potential for Eura...


	Document type :	Scientific congresses and symposiums : Poster
	Discipline(s) :	Life sciences : Environmental sciences & ecology
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/128571

Title :	Evaluating radical conservation futures: strategies for assessing the potential for Eurasian lynx in the Benelux countries
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Bouyer, Yaëlle [Université de Liège - ULg > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Biologie du comportement - Ethologie et psychologie animale >]
	Poncin, Pascal [Université de Liège - ULg > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Biologie du comportement - Ethologie et psychologie animale >]
	Beudels-Jamar, Roseline []
	Linnell J.D.C., John []
Publication date :	8-Jul-2011
Page number :	A0
On invitation :	No
Audience :	International
Event name :	VIème Congrès européen de Mammalogie
Event date :	du 5 juillet 2011 au 9 juillet 2011
Event organizer :	Université P. et Marie Curie - Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris
Event place (city) :	Paris
Event country :	France
Keywords :	[en] Lynx lynx ; conservation ; Benelux
Abstract :	[en] Tolerance of anthropic environment has allowed large carnivores to recolonize and to be reintroduced within Europe in the last forty years. This indicates that, even in areas where the return of large carnivores seems unlikely, their presence and establishment is possible, even in highly modified environments. In the current context of the return of large carnivores in Europe, there is a need for scientific conservation tools to assess the full potential and consequences of the return of large carnivores in Europe, and in particular to evaluate potential impact on game and livestock. Today, the return of the Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) in areas where it has been absent for long periods is becoming increasingly probable, and this requires further investigations. Three main lines of research will be particularly important: the use of habitat by Eurasian Lynx, the effect of habitat on predation behavior, and potential sources of conflict with human populations. The research project will address fine scale habitat use, the effect of prey‘s spatial variation on Lynx predation behavior, the use of different statistical methods to estimate Lynx‘s viability in various habitats and landscape, and a review of current conflicts throughout Europe. Results should allow better understanding of the Lynx redeployment potentials in lowland Western Europe
Funders :	Fonds pour la formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture (Communauté française de Belgique) - FRIA
Target :	Researchers ; Professionals ; Students
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/128571

File(s) associated to this reference

Fulltext file(s):

	File	Commentary	Version	Size	Access
Open access	Poster_Paris2011_YaelleBouyer.pdf		Publisher postprint	2.41 MB	View/Open

All documents in ORBi are protected by a user license.

Dspace v1.5