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June 24, 2024
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Born to be wild: Captive-born and wild Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) reveal space-use similarities when reintroduced for species conservation concerns

Publicated to: BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION. 294 110646- - 2024-06-01 294(), DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110646

Authors:

Cisneros-Araujo, P; Garrote, G; Corradini, A; Farhadinia, MS; Robira, B; López, G; Fernández, L; López-Parra, M; García-Tardío, M; Arenas-Rojas, R; del Rey, T; Salcedo, J; Sarmento, P; Sánchez, JF; Palacios, MJ; García-Viñás, JI; Damiani, ML; Hachem, F; Gastón, A; Cagnacci, F
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Affiliations

Agencia Medio Ambiente & Agua Andalucia, Seville, Spain - Author
Fdn Edmund Mach, Res & Innovat Ctr CRI, Anim Ecol Unit, San Michele All Adige, Italy - Author
Inst Conservat Nat & Forests ICNF, P-7800298 Beja, Portugal - Author
Junta Comun Castilla La Mancha, Direcc Gen Medio Nat & Biodivers, Plaza Cardenal Siliceo S-N, Toledo 45071, Spain - Author
Junta Extremadura, Direcc Gen Medio Ambiente, Avda Luis Ramallo S-N, Merida, Spain - Author
Natl Biodivers Future Ctr, Palermo, Italy - Author
Univ Kent, Durrell Inst Conservat & Ecol, Sch Anthropol & Conservat, Canterbury, England - Author
Univ Milan, Dept Comp Sci, Milan, Italy - Author
Univ Oxford, Dept Biol, Oxford, England - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Ctr Conservac Biodivers & Desarrollo Sostenible CB, ETSI Montes Forestal & Medio Nat, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
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Abstract

An ambitious conservation programme to save the Iberian lynx from extinction conducted several reintroductions aiming to restore its historical range. The urgency due to the delicate conservation status prompted translocating captive-born and wild individuals, while preventing an early assessment of how both groups combined their space-use and differed in post-release movements. To address this issue, we conducted a comprehensive movement ecology analysis using GPS data of 161 Iberian lynxes from 9 populations. First, we classified five movement phases within individuals' trajectories: residence areas (stable and transient), excursions, post-release dispersals, and transitions between residences. Second, we used continuous-time movement models to estimate range size and daily speeds and measured the distance travelled during extra-territorial movements. Finally, we conducted comparative analyses to evaluate differences between captive-born, wild translocated, and wild non-translocated individuals across phases, sex, age-class and populations. Most individuals in all groups established home ranges, supporting the reintroduction main goal. Yet, contrary to the species' natural pattern, captive-born subadults did not show intersexual home range size differences, which emerged after experiencing free-ranging, when becoming adults. More differences emerged for non-residential behaviours. Captive-born lynxes were more prone to post-release dispersal, to slower post-release movements and to having smaller transient residences, indicating cautious behaviour. Our study supports using captive-born individuals for reintroductions, while prioritizing wild individuals for reinforcements in highly competitive populations. Further, we suggest relevant metrics for planning translocations and connectivity management, and we demonstrate how an integrated ex-situ and reintroduction initiative can substantially contribute to restoring an endangered species' distribution range.
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Keywords

AnimalsCaptive populationCarnivoresConservation statusDensityDispersalEndangered speciesFelidHabitat useHome rangeIberian lynxMovementMovement ecologMovement ecologyPatternsPersonalityPopulationRange sizeReintroductionReintroductionsRewildingSpace -use patternsSpace-use patternsSpecies conservationSurvivalSyste

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2024 there are still no calculated indicators, but in 2023, it was in position 8/74, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Biodiversity Conservation. Notably, the journal is positioned above the 90th percentile.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-26:

  • Google Scholar: 1
  • WoS: 5
  • Scopus: 7
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-26:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 48.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 48 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 51.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 32 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 1 (Altmetric).
  • The number of mentions in news outlets: 3 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/84659/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 222
  • Downloads: 78
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Italy; Portugal; United Kingdom.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (CISNEROS ARAUJO, PABLO) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been CISNEROS ARAUJO, PABLO.

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Awards linked to the item

We would like to thank all partners from current and past Iberian lynx LIFE projects (LIFE06NAT/E/000209, LIFE10NAT/ES/570 IBER- LINCE and LIFE19NAT/ES001055 LYNXCONNECT) , particularly to Junta de Andalucia (JA) , Junta de Extremadura (JuntaEx) , Gobierno de Castilla -La Mancha (JCCM) and Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF) , for sharing the species telemetry data. We also thank the Universidad Politecnica de Madrid for funding Pablo Cisneros- Araujo's PhD grant, and Panthera Corporation for funding some GPS collars through the Small Cat Action Fund. Andrea Corradini and Francesca Cagnacci contributed to this work partly under the support of NBFC to Fondazione Edmund Mach, funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, PNRR, Missione 4 Componente 2, "Dalla ricerca all'impresa," Investimento 1.4, D.D. 1034 17/06/2022, Project CN00000033. This manuscript reflects only the authors' views and opinions, neither the European Union nor the European Commission can be considered responsible for them.
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