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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

"Viltforskning - til hvilken pris?" forskning.no 04.03.08 Jon Martin Arnemo, Høgskolen i Hedmark, John Linnell & John Odden, NINA: http://www.forskning.no/artikler/2008/mars/1204540504.51
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.: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.2981/10-065
Kvam, T., Eggen, T., Knutsen, K., Overskaug, K., Solstad, T. & Sørensen, O.J. 1993: Årsrapport for rovdyrprosjektene i Nord-Trøndelag 1992. - Norskinstitutt for naturforskning Oppdragsmelding 194: 1-31.:
Liberg, O. & Glöersen, G. 1995. Lodjurs- och varginventeringar 1993-1995. - Viltforum 1995:1. Svenska Jägareförbundet:
Kjørstad, M. & Nybakk, K. 1995: Lynx habitat use in Indre Namdalen [Gaupas (Lynx lynx) habitatbruk i Indre-Namdalen]. - (Ed.); MSc thesis, University of Trondheim, Norway, pp. 1-57. :
Lescureux, N., Linnell, J.D.C., Mustafa, S., Melovski, D., Stojanov, A., Ivanov, G., Avukatov, V., Von Arx, M., Breitenmoser, U. 2011. Fear of the unknown: local knowledge and perceptions of the Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx in western Macedonia. Fauna & Flora International, Oryx, P 1-8.: Publikasjoner/Lescureux ORYX Fear of the unknown LK and perceptions of the Eurasian Lynx in W MK.pdf
Mattisson, J., Andrén, H., Persson, J. & Segerström, P. 2011. Influence of intraguild interactions on resource use by wolverines and Eurasian lynx. Journal of Mammalogy, 92(6):1321-1330.: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1644/11-MAMM-A-099.1
Mattisson, J. 2011. Interactions between Eurasian lynx and wolverines in the reindeer husbandry area. Doctoral thesis, SLU, Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences.: http://pub.epsilon.slu.se/2441/
Samelius, G., Andrén, H., Liberg, O., Linnell, J.D.C., Odden, J., Ahlqvist, P., Segerström, P., Sköld, K. & Glad, E. 2012. Spridningsmönster hos lodjur i Skandinavien. Fakta skog, 2-2012. Rön från Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet: http://www.slu.se/PageFiles/33707/2012/FaktaSkog_02_2012.pdf
Mattison, J. 2010. Järven är flitig gäst vid lodjurets matbord. Våra rovdjur 2/2010: 4-5.: Publikasjoner/Lo-järv Våra Rovdjur 2-2010.pdf