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## Abstract Dispersal influences the dynamics and persistence of populations, the distribution and abundance of species, and gives the communities and ecosystems their characteristic texture in space and time. The Eurasian lynx __Lynx lynx__ is a medium‐sized solitary carnivore that has been re‐introduced in central Europe and currently occurs in rather small populations, where dispersal is believed to play a prominent role for the recolonization of unsettled areas and persistence of subpopulations. Between 1988 and 2001 the spatio‐temporal behaviour of sub‐adult Eurasian lynx was studied in two re‐introduced populations in Switzerland, based on 31 juveniles of which 24 were radio‐tagged to find out which factors influence dispersal. Age at independence ranged from 8.1 to 10.7 months and did not differ between populations or sex. Independence began from January to the beginning of May with a peak in April. After independence, sub‐adults stayed a few days in the maternal home range. Age at dispersal differed between the areas of origin and was possibly affected by sex and the presence of new progeny. Dispersers of both sexes established transient home ranges; however, only one male

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Author

Fridolin Zimmermann; Christine Breitenmoser‐Würsten; Urs Breitenmoser

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (Blackwell Publishing); Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley (ISSN 0952-8369)

Published

2005

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)