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Local extinction, also extirpation, is the termination of a species (or other taxon) in a chosen geographic area of study, though it still exists elsewhere. Local extinctions are contrasted with global extinctions .
In a contrasting tale, conservation efforts have revived the Iberian lynx from the brink of extinction, with the population increasing from 62 mature individuals in 2001 to 648 in 2022 and more ...
After edging close to extinction, there are now some 2,000 Iberian lynxes in Spain and Portugal. ... a male lynx - calls out during mating season as he walks towards a camera trap. Just short of ...
The Red List Index (RLI), based on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, is an indicator of the changing state of global biodiversity.It defines the conservation status of major species groups, and measures trends in extinction risk over time.
Lynx Trust UK are a registered charity campaigning for the reintroduction of lynx to the Kielder Forest in Northumberland. [4] In 2018, a proposal to release six animals was turned down by then-Environment Secretary Michael Gove, [5] due to findings that the proposal did not "meet the necessary standards set out in the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) guidelines and fails ...
The Lilliput effect is an observed decrease in animal body size in genera that have survived a major extinction. [1] There are several hypotheses as to why these patterns appear in the fossil record, some of which are: [2] simple preferential survival of smaller animals, dwarfing of larger lineages, and
The Balkan lynx has been on the brink of extinction for nearly a century, with total numbers estimated to be fewer than 50. [5] The Balkan lynxes' decrease in number have been thought to be due to illegal poaching. [15] The Balkan lynx starts mating around January to February, and gives birth in April. [16]
In an example of conservation-induced extinction, it likely died out when the last survivors of its host species, the Iberian lynx, were taken into captivity and de-loused. [3] The specimen is slightly larger than males of most of the remaining species within the subgenus Lorisicola . [ 1 ]