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Special Section on Canada Lynx‐Habitat Relations in the Contiguous United States
Author(s) -
MCDONALD JOHN E.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of wildlife management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1937-2817
pISSN - 0022-541X
DOI - 10.2193/2008-287
Subject(s) - habitat , geography , threatened species , range (aeronautics) , endangered species , wilderness area , ecology , taiga , boreal , wilderness , biology , forestry , archaeology , materials science , composite material
The southern extent of the range of Canada lynx ( Lynx canadensis ) extends into the contiguous United States in locations from Washington State in the West to northern Maine in the East. Lynx persist in various habitats across this range from high‐elevation wilderness to intensively managed industrial forests. Lynx habitat use at the species' southern range boundary was poorly understood before the species was listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2000, because most research had been conducted in boreal forest. The papers in this special section outline a variety of questions regarding lynx populations at the southern extent of their range, address topics on lynx space use and denning habitat, and provide generally consistent results in terms of features important to lynx habitat use despite the wide variation in specific habitats among the study areas.