National Interagency Canada Lynx Detection Survey in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan (original) (raw)

2006, … Institute. NRRI/TR- …

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A variety of non-invasive techniques including hair snagging, snow-tracking, and remote cameras can be used to monitor mammalian carnivores. The National Interagency Canada Lynx Detection Survey (NLDS) was a survey designed to detect lynx with a hair-snagging protocol applied throughout the conterminous U.S. range of the lynx. Mammalian species detected included black bears, bobcats, coyotes, ungulates, and other canids. The NLDS did not detect lynx in the Great Lakes Geographic Area despite their likely presence. Limited success with hair snares leads to the suggestion that detection probability for lynx may be low and alternative methods could be more effective.