EUROLYNX is an open, collaborative network using a shared spatial database to study Eurasian lynx ecology across Europe, examining responses to habitat, human impact, prey availability, and livestock practices. Founded in 2018, it includes 54 research groups from 22 countries. The consortium has compiled extensive data, including telemetry from 803 lynx, prey records, camera-trap images, and roadkill incidents, and has published seven high-impact papers with more in progress. Key achievements include identifying general drivers of habitat selection and producing a Europe-wide habitat quality map to support conservation planning. Additional research covers lynx survival, reproduction, dispersal, predation, activity, and standardized monitoring methods such as camera traps and AI-based identification. EUROLYNX also collaborates with experts on other lynx species to advance conservation of the entire Lynx genus.
N.B. To our members who may have lynx data to share – EUROLYNX is keen to collaborate with researchers in Asia.