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18.03.2011

Doctoral thesis on interactions between lynx and wolverines

For her doctoral thesis, Jenny Mattisson from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) has studied interactions between lynx and wolverines in the reindeer husbandry area.

Is the legal killing of lynx and wolverines selective?

A new report from the Scandinavian research project on lynx (Scandlynx) and the Swedish wolverine project (Järvprosjektet) considers the effect of legal killing of predators as a means of reducing da...

SCANDLYNX coordinates research on Eurasian lynx in Scandinavia. The major goal for SCANDLYNX is to gather and share knowledge about lynx. By so doing, SCANDLYNX aims to contribute to the development of knowledge-based management models that are accepted by the various relevant interest groups.

Recent publications

Andrén, H., Svensson, L., Liberg, O., Hensel, H. N. Hobbs, N. T. & Chapron, G. 2011. Den svenska lodjurspopulationen 2009-2010 samt prognoser för 2011-2012. Inventeringsrapport från Viltskadecenter 2010-4
Andrén,H., Persson, J., Mattisson, J. & Danell, A. C. 2011. Modelling the combined effect of an obligate predator and a facultative predator on a common prey: lynx Lynx lynx and wolverine Gulo gulo predation on reindeer Rangifer tarandus. Wildlife Biology, 17(1):33-43.
Mattisson, J., Persson, J., Andrén, H., & Segerström. 2011. Temporal and spatial interactions between an obligate predator, the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), and a facultative scavenger, the wolverine (Gulo gulo). Can. J. Zool. 89: 79–89
Danell, A.C & Andrén, H. 2010. Precision beats interval: appropriate monitoring efforts for management of a harvested Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx population. Wildlife Biology, 16(4):409-418.
Odden, J., Mattisson, J., Rauset, G.R., Linnell, J.D.C., Persson, J., Segerström, P. & Andrén, H. 2010. Er skadefelling av gaupe og jerv selektiv? - NINA Rapport 601. 20 s.
Mattison, J. 2010. Järven är flitig gäst vid lodjurets matbord. Våra rovdjur 2/2010: 4-5.
Wikenros, C., Liberg, O., Sand, H., & H. Andrén. 2010. Competition between recolonizing wolves and resident lynx in Sweden. Can. J. Zool. 88: 271-279
Linnell, J. D. C., Brøseth, H., Odden, J. & Nilsen, E. B. 2010. Sustainably harvesting a large carnivore? Development of Eurasian lynx populations in Norway during 160 years of shifting policy. Environmental Management DOI 10.1007/s00267-010-9455-9
Mattisson, J., Andrén, H., Persson, J. & Segerström, P. 2010. Effects of species behavior on global positioning system collar fix rates. Journal of Wildlife Management 74:557-563.
Odden, J., Mattisson, J., Andrén, H., Linnell, J., Persson, J., Flagstad, Ø., Nilsen, E.B., Arnemo, J.M., Sköld, K., Segerström, P., Samelius, G., Rauset, G.R., Danell, A. & Liberg, O. 2009. Scandlynx. Framdriftsrapport for det skandinaviske forskningsprosjektet på gaupe 2008 – 2009. - NINA Rapport 513. 50 pp. Norsk institutt for naturforskning (NINA), Trondheim.