• Challenges and science-based implications for modern management and conservation of European ungulate populations 

      Apollonio, Marco; Belkin, Vladimir V.; Borkowski, Jakub; Borodin, Oleg I.; Borowik, Tomasz; Cagnacci, Francesca; Danilkin, Aleksey A.; Danilov, Peter I.; Faybich, Andrey; Ferretti, Francesco; Gaillard, Jean Michel; Hayward, Matt; Heshtaut, Pavel; Heurich, Marco; Hurynovich, Aliaxandr Hurynovich; Kashtalyan, Alexander; Kerley, Graham I. H.; Kjellander, Petter; Kowalczyk, Rafał; Kozorez, Alexander; Matveytchuk, Sergey; Milner, Jos M.; Mysterud, Atle; Ozoliņš, Jānis; Panchenko, Danila V.; Peters, Wibke; Podgórski, Tomasz; Pokorny, Boštjan; Rolandsen, Christer Moe; Ruusila, Vesa; Schmidt, Krzysztof; Sipko, Taras P.; Veeroja, Rauno; Velihurau, Pavel; Yanuta, Gregoriy (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Wildlife management systems face growing challenges to cope with increasingly complex interactions between wildlife populations, the environment and human activities. In this position statement, we address the most important ...
    • Ex situ versus in situ Eurasian lynx populations: implications for successful breeding and genetic rescue 

      Krojerová‑Prokešová, Jarmila; Gajdárová, Barbora; Reiners, Tobias Erik; Bolechová, Petra; Kleven, Oddmund; Koubek, Petr; Nowak, Carsten; Ozoliņš, Jānis; Tám, Branislav; Voloshina, Inna; Vallo, Peter (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The main aim of ex situ programmes in conservation is to provide a suitable source of individuals for future reintroductions or reinforcement of existing populations. A fundamental prerequisite is creating and maintaining ...
    • Long-distance Eurasian lynx dispersal – a prospect for connecting native and reintroduced populations in Central Europe 

      Gajdárová, Barbora; Belotti, Elisa; Bufka, Luděk; Duľa, Martin; Kleven, Oddmund; Kutal, Miroslav; Ozoliņš, Jānis; Nowak, Carsten; Reiners, Tobias E.; Tám, Branislav; Volfová, Josefa; Krojerová-Prokešová, Jarmila (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Dispersal is a key process for the maintenance of intraspecifc genetic diversity by ensuring gene fow within and between populations. Despite the ongoing expansion of large carnivores in Europe, lynx populations remain ...
    • Long-term genetic monitoring of a reintroduced Eurasian lynx population does not indicate an ongoing loss of genetic diversity 

      Gajdárová, Barbora; Belotti, Elisa; Bufka, Luděk; Wölfl, Sybille; Mináriková, Tereza; Hollerbach, Laura; Dul'a, Martin; Kleven, Oddmund; Kutal, Miroslav; Nowak, Carsten; Ozoliņš, Jānis; Tám, Branislav; Bryja, Josef; Koubek, Petr; Krojerová-Prokešová, Jarmila; Volfová, Josefa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Where reintroduced wildlife populations are considered as vulnerable this is generally due to limited founder size and isolation. While many of these populations show low levels of genetic diversity, little is known ...
    • Timing and synchrony of birth in Eurasian lynx across Europe 

      Mattisson, Jenny; Linnell, John Durrus; Anders, Ole; Belotti, Elisa; Breitenmoser-Würsten, Christine; Bufka, Ludek; Fuxjäger, Christian; Heurich, Marco Dietmar; Ivanov, Gjorge; Jędrzejewski, Włodzimierz; Kont, Radio; Kowalczyk, Rafał; Krofel, Miha; Melovski, Dime; Mengüllüoğlu, Deniz; Middelhoff, Tomma Lilli; Molinari-Jobin, Anja; Odden, John; Ozoliņš, Jānis; Okarma, Henryk; Persson, Jens; Schmidt, Krzysztof; Vogt, Kristina; Zimmermann, Fridolin; Andrén, Henrik (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      The ecology and evolution of reproductive timing and synchrony have been a topic of great interest in evolutionary ecology for decades. Originally motivated by questions related to behavioral and reproductive adaptation ...