Canada lynx conservation assessment and strategy

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This 3rd edition of the lynx conservation assessment and strategy (LCAS) for the Canada lynx provides a full revision of the 2000 LCAS, incorporating all prior amendments and clarifications, substantial new scientific information that has emerged since 2000 including related parts of the Lynx Recovery Plan Outline, and drawing on experience gained in implementing the 2000 LCAS. This 3rd edition has been reorganized and condensed to reduce redundancy. It summarizes the purpose and history of the LCAS since 2000 and notes changes made since that document edition, provides a history of ESA listing actions, and lists guiding principles in developing this 3rd edition LCAS. The document gives an overview of lynx ecology (including information about the species’ activity, diet, behavior, distribution, population density, habitat, genetic variation, relationship with other carnivores). Another section examines anthropogenic influences on the species and its habitat—influences such as climate change, habitat fragmentation, incidental trapping, recreation, and fire management. Several geographic areas are then examined individually for risk factors. Conservation strategies are discussed, as well as research and monitoring needs.

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[Suggested citation: Interagency Lynx Biology Team. 2013. Canada lynx conservation assessment and strategy. 3rd edition. USDA Forest Service, USDI Fish and Wildlife Service, USDI Bureau of Land Management, and USDI National Park Service. Forest Service Publication R1-13-19, Missoula, MT. 128 pp.]