SCALP Monitoring Report 2005-2007
Distribution of confirmed lynx signs of presence 2005-2007 in the Alps. (Lynx occurrences in adjacent ranges are not shown). The number of lynx estimated in all the Alps ranges from 80-130 (France: 15, Italy: 10-15, Switzerland: 50-80, Liechtenstein: 0-1, Germany: 0, Austria: 5-10, Slovenia: 4-8).
Comment: From 2005 to 2007, a total of 1925 signs of lynx presence were collected in the frame of the SCALP surveys. For the monitoring of the lynx throughout the Alps, the collected data are classified in three categories: Category 1 (C1): “Hard facts”, verified and unchallenged observations such as dead lynx and clear photos of lynx. Category 2 (C2): Observations controlled and confirmed by a specialist such as killed livestock or wild prey, and lynx tracks or other field signs. Category 3 (C3): Unconfirmed observations of the category 2 (kills, tracks, other field signs too old or badly documented) and all observations such as direct observations and calls which by their nature cannot be verified. Thus, 22% of the collected signs were C1, 44% were C2, and 34% were C3 data (see Table). More than half of the presence signs came from Switzerland. While in the French and Italian Alps less signs of presence have been collected compared to the previous reporting period, in Austria and Slovenia slightly more signs of lynx presence were reported. For the first time since the reintroduction of lynx into the Alps a confirmed record was reported from Liechtenstein.
Acknowledgements: We thank all the GOs, NGOs, universities and private people who collaborate with the SCALP in order to monitor the lynx on the Alps-wide level.
Austria: Landesjagdverbände Kärnten, Oberösterreich, Steiermark, BOKU/IWJ - Laass, önj - Engleder, NP Kalkalpen – Fuxjäger
France: Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, Réseau Lynx
Germany: Luchsprojekt,Bavarian Agency of Environment
Italy: Progetto Lince Italia, Centro Conservazione e Gestione Grandi Carnivori - Progetto Lupo Regione Piemonte, Corpo Forestale dello Stato - U.T.B. Foresta di Tarvisio, Corpo Forestale della Valle d´Aosta, Dipartimento di Ecologia - Università della Calabria, Dept. Anim. Prod. Sci. - Università di Udine, Parco Naturale dell'Alpe Veglia e dell'Alpe Devero, Parco Naturale delle Prealpi Carniche, Parco Naturale delle Prealpi Giulie, Parco Naturale Dolomiti d’Ampezzo, Parco Nazionale delle Dolomiti Bellunesi, Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso, Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Provincia di Belluno, Provincia di Savona, Provincia di Torino – Servizio Tutela della Fauna e della Flora, Provincia di Udine, Regione Friuli Venezia Giulia, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano - Ufficio Caccia e Pesca, Ufficio Parchi Naturali dell’Alto Adige, Università dell’Insubria.
Liechtenstein: Amt für Wald, Natur und Landschaft, Liechtensteiner Jägerschaft, Liechtensteiner Forstverein
Slovenia: OE Tolmin, Slovenian Forest Service, LPN Medved Kocevje and LPN Jelen Snežnik
Switzerland: KORA, BAFU, kantonale Jagdverwaltungen und Wildhüter, Jagdvereine
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