Large carnivore habitat suitability modelling for Romania and associated predictions for protected areas by Bogdan Cristescu, Csaba Domokos, Kristine J. Teichman, Scott E. Nielsen

“…We used footprint tracking data and landscape characteristics in Romania to investigate the occurrence of brown bear (Ursus arctos), gray wolf (Canis lupus) and Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) and to compare model predictions between Natura 2000 and national-level protected areas (gap analysis). …”
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Successful deer management in Scotland requires less conflict not more by Kirkland, H, Hare, D, Daniels, M, Krofel, M, Rao, S, Chapman, T, Blossey, B

“…Reintroducing Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) has been suggested as a means to reduce deer numbers and their negative ecological and socioeconomic impacts. …”

The morphological and molecular identification of the tapeworm, Taenia lynciscapreoli, in intermediate and definitive hosts in Poland by Anna W. Myczka, Witold Jeżewski, Katarzyna J. Filip – Hutsch, Anna M. Pyziel, Jerzy Kowal, Aleksander W. Demiaszkiewicz, Zdzisław Laskowski

“…Biological material was analysed from three species of wild animals: Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and moose (Alces alces). …”
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Daily activity patterns of large and medium-sized mammals based on camera traps data in the Central Forest Nature Reserve, Valdai Upland, Russia by Sergey S. Ogurtsov, Anatoliy S. Zheltukhin, Ivan P. Kotlov

“…Here are presented the results of the analysis of daily activity patterns obtained from the data of camera traps for five large mammals (elk Alces alces, wild boar Sus scrofa, brown bear Ursus arctos, grey wolf Canis lupus, Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx) and three medium ones (European badger Meles meles, raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides, mountain hare Lepus timidus) for the territory of the Central Forest Nature Reserve, Valdai Upland, Russia. …”
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Classification Efficiency of Pre-Trained Deep CNN Models on Camera Trap Images by Adam Stančić, Vedran Vyroubal, Vedran Slijepčević

“…The classification of wildlife images was the use case, in particular, those of the Eurasian lynx (lat. “Lynx lynx”), which were collected by camera traps in various locations in Croatia. …”
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Dolines and Cats: Remote Detection of Karst Depressions and Their Application to Study Wild Felid Ecology by Špela Čonč, Teresa Oliveira, Ruben Portas, Rok Černe, Mateja Breg Valjavec, Miha Krofel

“…To demonstrate its applicability for wildlife research, we applied it in a preliminary study in combination with GPS-telemetry data to assess the selection of these features by two wild felids, the Eurasian lynx (<i>Lynx lynx</i>) and the European wildcat (<i>Felis silvestris</i>). …”
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Dietary and temporal partitioning facilitates coexistence of sympatric carnivores in the Everest region by Hua Zhong, Fengjiao Li, Juan José Díaz‐Sacco, Kun Shi

“…Snow leopard (Panthera uncia) and wolf (Canis lupus) had high dietary overlap (Pianka's index = 0.95), as they both mainly preyed on ungulates (%PR = 61%, 50%), while lynx (Lynx lynx) and red fox (Vulpes vulpes) mainly consumed small mammals (%PR = 62%, 76%). …”
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Inventory of Large Mammal Species in the Ilgaz Mountains Çankırı : A Major Ecological Corridor in Anatolia by Safak Bulut, Burak Akbaba

“…Field studies carried out in this region during April-August 2017 resulted in 180 records of nine different species of large mammals: Lepus europaeus, Ursus arctos, Canis lupus, Vulpes vulpes, Lynx lynx, Meles meles, Sus scrofa, Cervus elaphus and Capreolus capreolus. …”
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Top-down and bottom-up effects modulate species co-existence in a context of top predator restoration by Tamara Burgos, Javier Salesa, Jose María Fedriani, Gema Escribano-Ávila, José Jiménez, Miha Krofel, Inmaculada Cancio, Javier Hernández-Hernández, Javier Rodríguez-Siles, Emilio Virgós

“…Here, we studied how the presence and absence of an apex predator which is currently recovering its former distribution range, the Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus), determined the absolute abundance and fine-scale spatiotemporal avoidance mechanisms of two sympatric mesocarnivores (stone marten Martes foina and common genet Genetta genetta) with different dietary plasticity. …”
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Serum prevalence to non-viral pathogens in wild felids of Southern Primorye, Russia by Sergey V. Naidenko, Jose Antonio Hernandez-Blanco, Mariya N. Erofeeva, Mikhail N. Litvinov, Viatcheslav V. Rozhnov

“…Serum samples from smaller cats (Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) and Far Eastern wildcat (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus)) were also tested for these pathogens (n = 28) during the same period. …”
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Genetic interrelationships of Spirometra erinaceieuropaei (Cestoda: Diphyllobothriidea), the causative agent of sparganosis in Europe by Čisovská Bazsalovicsová Eva, Radačovská Alžbeta, Lavikainen Antti, Kuchta Roman, Králová-Hromadová Ivica

“…Seven cox1 haplotypes were determined in 15 tapeworms from Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) from three localities in southern Finland. …”
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Bottom‐up rather than top‐down mechanisms determine mesocarnivore interactions in Norway by Rocío Cano‐Martínez, Neri Horntvedt Thorsen, Tim R. Hofmeester, John Odden, John Linnell, Olivier Devineau, Siow Yan Jennifer Angoh, Morten Odden

“…The aim of this study was to assess how the interactions among mesocarnivores (red fox Vulpes vulpes, badger Meles meles, and pine marten Martes martes) were affected by large carnivores (Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx and wolf Canis lupus), land cover variables (proportion of agricultural land and primary productivity), and human disturbance, as well as how these top‐down and bottom‐up mechanisms were influenced by season. …”
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The Distribution and Activity of the Invasive Raccoon Dog in Lithuania as Found with Country-Wide Camera Trapping by Marius Jasiulionis, Vitalijus Stirkė, Linas Balčiauskas

“…The frequency of raccoon dogs was higher at camera sites where lynx (<i>Lynx lynx</i> Linnaeus, 1758) or wolves (<i>Canis lupus</i> Linnaeus, 1758) were recorded compared to sites where predators were absent (7.95 vs. 3.21 photos/100 days, <i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Mitigating carnivore-livestock conflict in Europe: lessons from Slovakia by Rigg, R, Findo, S, Wechselberger, M, Gorman, M, Sillero-Zubiri, C, Macdonald, D

“…Grey wolves Canis lupus were held responsible for four to six times more damage than brown bears Ursus arctos, although livestock occurred in only 2 of 78 wolf faeces during spring-autumn, when sheep and cattle were most vulnerable. Losses to Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx were negligible. Compared to other sectors of society shepherds had the most negative attitudes, particularly towards wolves, despite compensation payments. …”

Long-term monitoring in the boreal forest reveals high spatio-temporal variability among primary ecosystem constituents by Charles J. Krebs, Stan Boutin, Rudy Boonstra, Dennis L. Murray, Thomas S. Jung, Mark O’Donoghue, B. Scott Gilbert, Piia M. Kukka, Shawn D. Taylor, T. Morgan, Ryan Drummond, Anthony R. E. Sinclair, Alice J. Kenney

“…Coyotes and lynx at Kluane peak together following the hare cycle, but coyote counts are also depressed during deep snow years. …”
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From Synthetic Fragments of Endogenous Three-Finger Proteins to Potential Drugs by Elena V. Kryukova, Natalia S. Egorova, Denis S. Kudryavtsev, Dmitry S. Lebedev, Ekaterina N. Spirova, Maxim N. Zhmak, Aleksandra I. Garifulina, Igor E. Kasheverov, Igor E. Kasheverov, Yuri N. Utkin, Victor I. Tsetlin, Victor I. Tsetlin

“…The proteins of the Ly6 family have a three-finger folding as snake venom α-neurotoxins, targeting nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), and some of them, like mammalian secreted Ly6/uPAR protein (SLURP1) and membrane-attached Ly-6/neurotoxin (Lynx1), also interact with distinct nAChR subtypes. …”
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A walk on the wild side: A review of the epidemiology of Toxocara canis and Toxocara cati in wild hosts by Celia V. Holland

“…The wild felid species that has received the most attention in the published literature is the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). Some non-canid and non-felid hosts also act as definitive hosts of Toxocara species. …”
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Comparison of the Morphology and Developmental Potential of Oocytes Obtained from Prepubertal and Adult Domestic and Wild Cats by Joanna Kochan, Agnieszka Nowak, Wiesława Młodawska, Sylwia Prochowska, Agnieszka Partyka, Józef Skotnicki, Wojciech Niżański

“…The aim of the study was to compare the morphology and developmental potential of oocytes obtained from adult and prepubertal domestic cats (<i>Felis catus</i>) and wild cats (<i>Lynx lynx</i>, <i>Leptailurus serval</i>, <i>Felis manul</i>, <i>Panthera tigris altaica</i>). …”
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Exposure of Free-Ranging Wild Animals to Zoonotic <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> Sensu Stricto in Slovenia by Diana Žele-Vengušt, Renata Lindtner-Knific, Nina Mlakar-Hrženjak, Klemen Jerina, Gorazd Vengušt

“…A total of 249 serum samples from 13 wild animal species namely fallow deer (<i>Dama dama</i>, <i>n</i> = 1), roe deer (<i>Capreolus capreolus</i>, <i>n</i> = 80), red deer (<i>Cervus elaphus</i>, <i>n</i> = 22), chamois (<i>Rupicapra rupicapra</i>, <i>n</i> = 21), mouflon (<i>Ovis musimon, n</i> = 4), brown hare (<i>Lepus europaeus</i>, <i>n</i> = 2), nutria (<i>Myocastor coypus</i>, <i>n</i> = 1), red fox (<i>Vulpes vulpes</i>, <i>n</i> = 97), stone marten (<i>Martes foina</i>, <i>n</i> = 12), European badger (<i>Meles meles</i>, <i>n</i> = 2), golden jackal (<i>Canis aureus</i>, <i>n</i> = 2) Eurasian lynx (<i>Lynx lynx</i>, <i>n</i> = 2) and grey wolf (<i>Canis lupus</i>, <i>n</i> = 3) were analysed for the presence of antibodies against <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> sensu stricto. …”
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