Connectivity Conservation of Large Carnivores' Habitats in the Carpathians

Romportl, Dušan; Zyka, Vladimír; Kutal, Miroslav

doi:10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107837

Proceedings of the 5th European Congress of Conservation Biology 2018

DOI: 10.17011/conference/eccb2018/107837

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Connectivity Conservation of Large Carnivores' Habitats in the Carpathians

Dušan Romportl¹,

Vladimír Zyka²,

Miroslav Kutal³

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“…Human density ranges from 80 to 192 inhabitants/km 2 , although these values are highly irregular with most people concentrated in towns and villages 36,37 . The level of landscape fragmentation by infrastructures, such as roads, railways or settlements, shows a contrasting gradient-rather remote and homogeneous mountain ranges are surrounded by intensively used valleys and basins with high human population densities 38 . In the Kysuce site, permanent presence and long-term reproduction of Eurasian lynx, grey wolf (Canis lupus) and brown bear (Ursus arctos) was recorded, while in the Javorníky site, only lynx and wolf reproduction was documented.…”

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Multi-seasonal systematic camera-trapping reveals fluctuating densities and high turnover rates of Carpathian lynx on the western edge of its native range

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Camera-trapping and capture-recapture models are the most widely used tools for estimating densities of wild felids that have unique coat patterns, such as Eurasian lynx. However, studies dealing with this species are predominantly on a short-term basis and our knowledge of temporal trends and population persistence is still scarce. By using systematic camera-trapping and spatial capture-recapture models, we estimated lynx densities and evaluated density fluctuations, apparent survival, transition rate and individual's turnover during five consecutive seasons at three different sites situated in the Czech–Slovak–Polish borderland at the periphery of the Western Carpathians. Our density estimates vary between 0.26 and 1.85 lynx/100 km2 suitable habitat and represent the lowest and the highest lynx densities reported from the Carpathians. We recorded 1.5–4.1-fold changes in asynchronous fluctuated densities among all study sites and seasons. Furthermore, we detected high individual’s turnover (on average 46.3 ± 8.06% in all independent lynx and 37.6 ± 4.22% in adults) as well as low persistence of adults (only 3 out of 29 individuals detected in all seasons). The overall apparent survival rate was 0.63 ± 0.055 and overall transition rate between sites was 0.03 ± 0.019. Transition rate of males was significantly higher than in females, suggesting male-biased dispersal and female philopatry. Fluctuating densities and high turnover rates, in combination with documented lynx mortality, indicate that the population in our region faces several human-induced mortalities, such as poaching or lynx-vehicle collisions. These factors might restrict population growth and limit the dispersion of lynx to other subsequent areas, thus undermining the favourable conservation status of the Carpathian population. Moreover, our study demonstrates that long-term camera-trapping surveys are needed for evaluation of population trends and for reliable estimates of demographic parameters of wild territorial felids, and can be further used for establishing successful management and conservation measures.

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Multi-seasonal systematic camera-trapping reveals fluctuating densities and high turnover rates of Carpathian lynx on the western edge of its native range

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Multi-seasonal systematic camera-trapping reveals fluctuating densities and high turnover rates of Carpathian lynx on the western edge of its native range

Multi-seasonal systematic camera-trapping reveals fluctuating densities and high turnover rates of Carpathian lynx on the western edge of its native range

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