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Lynx distribution, status, and management in southern Canada
Jeff Bowman
Ontario MNRF and Trent University
Wildlife management in Canada is largely a provincial responsibility
Registered traplines in Ontario
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Ontario
Quebec
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Yukon
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01/0202/03
03/0404/05
05/0606/07
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Hare density Lynx - KluaneLynx - Mayo
Yukon
Powell et al. 2014. CEMP Annual Report.
Southern Ontario
Row et al. 2012. Conservation Genetics 13: 1259-1268.
Gene flow across Canada
Row et al. 2012. Conservation Genetics 13: 1259-1268.
Gene flow across Canada
Subtle genetic structure
Cristen Watt, Trent University, ongoing thesis work.
Barrier effect of St. Lawrence River
Koen et al. 2015. Canadian Journal of Zoology 93: 521-530.
Koen et al. 2015. Canadian Journal of Zoology 93: 521-530.
Koen et al. 2015. Canadian Journal of Zoology 93: 521-530.
Melanie Prentice, Trent University, ongoing thesis work.
Melanie Prentice, Trent University, ongoing thesis work.
NR1D1 Genomics
Melanie Prentice, Trent University, ongoing thesis work.
AR - Females Genomics
Melanie Prentice, Trent University, ongoing thesis work.
AR - Males Genomics
Koen et al. 2014. Ecography 37: 754-762.
Range contraction
Koen et al. 2014. Ecography 37: 754-762.
Range contraction
Koen et al. 2014. Ecography 37: 754-762.
High probability
Low probability
Walpole et al. 2012. Landscape Ecology 27: 761-773
Poole. 2003. Canadian Field-Naturalist 117: 360-376.
Range contraction
Row et al. 2014. Global Change Biology 20: 2076-2086
Effect of winter climate
Lynx-bobcat hybridization
Lynx-bobcat hybridization
Lynx-bobcat hybridization
Koen et al. 2014. Biological Conservation 178: 107-115.
Bobcat harvest in Canada
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SaskatchewanQuebecOntarioNova ScotiaNBManitobaBCAlberta
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Questions?
Collaborators: Paul Wilson, Dennis Murray, Erin Koen, Melanie Prentice, Jeff Row, Cristen Watt, Aaron Walpole More information: people.trentu.ca/jebowman
References Prentice, M., J. Bowman, and P. J. Wilson. A test of somatic mosaicism in the androgen receptor of Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). BMC Genetics. In press. Koen, E.L., J. Bowman, and P.J. Wilson. 2015. Isolation of peripheral populations of Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis). Canadian Journal of Zoology 93: 521-530 . Hornseth, M.L., A.A. Walpole, L.R. Walton, J. Bowman, J.C. Ray, M.-J. Fortin, and D.L. Murray. 2014. Habitat loss, not fragmentation, drives occurrence patterns of Canada lynx at the southern range periphery. PLOS ONE 9(11): e113511. Koen, E.L., J. Bowman, J. L. Lalor, and P. J. Wilson. 2014. Continental-scale assessment of the hybrid zone between bobcat and Canada lynx. Biological Conservation. 178: 107-115. Koen, E.L., J. Bowman, D. L. Murray, and P. J. Wilson. 2014. Climate change reduces genetic diversity of Canada lynx at the trailing range edge. Ecography 37: 754-762. . Row, J.R., P. J. Wilson, C. Gomez, E. L. Koen, J. Bowman, D. H. Thornton, and D. L. Murray. 2014. The subtle role of climate change on population genetic structure in Canada lynx. Global Change Biology 20: 2076-2086. Row, J.R., C. Gomez, E.L. Koen, J. Bowman, D.L. Murray, and P.J. Wilson. 2012. Dispersal promotes high gene flow among Canada lynx populations across mainland North America. Conservation Genetics 13: 1259-1268. Walpole, A.A., J. Bowman, D. L. Murray, and P. J. Wilson. 2012. Functional connectivity of Canada lynx at their southern range boundary. Landscape Ecology 27: 761-773.
