Conservation of a new breeding population of Caucasian lynx(Lynx lynx dinniki) in eastern Turkey

Mark CHYNOWETH; Emrah ÇOBAN; Çağan ŞEKERCİOĞLU

Makale detayları

Conservation of a new breeding population of Caucasian lynx(Lynx lynx dinniki) in eastern Turkey

Yazarlar:

Mark CHYNOWETH | Emrah ÇOBAN | Çağan ŞEKERCİOĞLU

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Zoology 2015 Vol.39 Issue 3, pp.541-543

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2015

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000775182

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6114

pISSN:

1300-0179

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Özet:

 

Current data on the distribution and ecology of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in Turkey are limited. Furthermore, lynx in the Caucasus region are likely to represent a subspecies of the Eurasian lynx, the Caucasian lynx (L. l. dinniki). Throughout its range, lynx increasingly face threats due to human activity, with habitat loss and prey depletion being of particular concern in eastern Turkey. As part of our camera trapping efforts to monitor large carnivores in the Sarıkamış-Allahuekber National Park and surrounding forests in Kars and Erzurum provinces, eastern Turkey, we have documented a breeding population of Caucasian lynx outside the species' published range. In addition to the threats above, vehicle strikes, poaching, and guardian dogs also threaten this small population. There is an urgent need for ecological research, awareness raising, and community-based conservation efforts focused on large carnivores in the region.

 

Current data on the distribution and ecology of the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in Turkey are limited. Furthermore, lynx in the Caucasus region are likely to represent a subspecies of the Eurasian lynx, the Caucasian lynx (L. l. dinniki). Throughout its range, lynx increasingly face threats due to human activity, with habitat loss and prey depletion being of particular concern in eastern Turkey. As part of our camera trapping efforts to monitor large carnivores in the Sarıkamış-Allahuekber National Park and surrounding forests in Kars and Erzurum provinces, eastern Turkey, we have documented a breeding population of Caucasian lynx outside the species' published range. In addition to the threats above, vehicle strikes, poaching, and guardian dogs also threaten this small population. There is an urgent need for ecological research, awareness raising, and community-based conservation efforts focused on large carnivores in the region.

Makale detayları

Conservation of a new breeding population of Caucasian lynx(Lynx lynx dinniki) in eastern Turkey

Yazarlar:

Mark CHYNOWETH | Emrah ÇOBAN | Çağan ŞEKERCİOĞLU

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Zoology 2015 Vol.39 Issue 3, pp.541-543

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2015

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000775182

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6114

pISSN:

1300-0179

Anatolia

camera trapping

carnivore

cats

Caucasus biodiversity hotspot

human-wildlife conflict

threatened species

Sayı

Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Mark CHYNOWETH | Emrah ÇOBAN | Çağan ŞEKERCİOĞLU

Yayıncı: TUBITAK

Dergi: Turkish Journal of Zoology 2015 Vol.39 Issue 3, pp.541-543

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 8/2015

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2000775182

Sıklık: İki Aylık

eISSN: 1303-6114

pISSN: 1300-0179

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Mark CHYNOWETH | Emrah ÇOBAN | Çağan ŞEKERCİOĞLU

Yayıncı:

TUBITAK

Dergi:

Turkish Journal of Zoology 2015 Vol.39 Issue 3, pp.541-543

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

8/2015

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2000775182

Sıklık:

İki Aylık

eISSN:

1303-6114

pISSN:

1300-0179