Further resources

White, C., Convery, I., Eagle, A., O’Donoghue, P., Piper, S., Rowcroft, P., Smith, D., & van Maanen, E. (2015). Cost-benefit analysis for the reintroduction of lynx to the UK: Main report, Application for the reintroduction of Lynx to the UK government, AECOM. Available at: https://www.aecom.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Cost-benefit-analysis-for-the-reintroduction-of-lynx-to-the-UK-Main-report.pdf

White, C., Almond, M., Dalton, A., Eves, C., Fessey, M., Heaver, M., Hyatt, E., Rowcroft, P. & Waters, J. (2016), The Economic Impact of Lynx in the Harz Mountains, Prepared for the Lynx UK Trust by AECOM. Available at: http://www.lynxuk.org/publications/lynxharz.pdf

Briefing Note 1: Are plantation forests suitable for lynx?, Prepared for the Lynx UK Trust by AECOM. Available at: https://img1.wsimg.com/blobby/go/e35a2bfd-c372-47ec-9274-e7c49cf350e5/downloads/briefingplantation.pdf?ver=1612538692634

State of Nature report 2019 - https://nbn.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/State-of-Nature-2019-UK-full-report.pdf

State of Nature report 2016 - https://www.rspb.org.uk/globalassets/downloads/documents/conservation-projects/state-of-nature/state-of-nature-uk-report-2016.pdf

Trophic Cascades/Keystone Species impacts

Estes, J., Terborgh, J., Brashares, J., Power, M., Berger, J., Bond, W., Carpenter, S., Essington, T., Holt, R., Jackson, J., Marquis, R., Oksanen, L., Oksanen, T., Paine, R., Pikitch, E., Ripple, W., Sandin, S., Scheffer, M., Schoener, T., Shurin, J., Sinclair, A., Soulé, M., Virtanen, R., and Wardle, D. (2011). Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth. Science, 333(6040), 301–306

Ripple, W., Beschta, R. (2012), Trophic cascades in Yellowstone: The first 15 years after wolf reintroduction. Biological Conservation 145(1):205–213

Pace, M., Cole, J., Carpenter, S., Kitchell, J (2000), Trophic cascades revealed in diverse ecosystems,. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 14(12):483-488

Ripple, W., Ritchie, E., Wilmers, C., Berger, J. (2014), Status and Ecological Effects of the World's Largest Carnivores.  Science, 343 (2014)

Melis, C., Basille, M., Herfindal, I., Linnell, J., Odden, J, Gaillard, J., Høgda, K., Anderson, R. (2010), Roe Deer Population Growth and Lynx Predation along a Gradient of Environmental Productivity and Climate in Norway. Ecoscience 17(2):166-174

Habitat

Hetherington, D., Gorman, M. (2007) Using prey densities to estimate the potential size of reintroduced populations of Eurasian lynx. Biological Conservation 137 (2007) 37 – 4 4

Johnson, R., Greenwood, S. (2019) Assessing the ecological feasibility of reintroducing the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) to southern Scotland, England and Wales. Biodiversity and Conservation volume 29, pages771–797(2020)

Livestock

Breitenmoser, U. et al. (2000), ‘Action Plan for the conservation of the Eurasian Lynx (Lynx lynx) in Europe’, Convention on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats (Bern Convention) Nature and environment, No. 112

Wilson, C.J. (2004), ‘Could we live with reintroduced large carnivores in the UK?’, Mammal Rev. 2004, Volume 34, No. 3, 211–232

Mesopredators/Other wildlife

Helldin, J., Liberg, O., Glöersen, G. (2006), Foxes: Lynx (Lynx lynx) killing red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in boreal Sweden - Frequency and population effects, ZSL Journal of Zoology, (2006), 657-663

Jobin, A., Zimmerman, F., Ryser, A., Breitenmoser, C., Capt, S., Breitenmoser, U., Molinari, P., Haller, H., Eyholzer, R. (2007) Variation in diet, prey selectivity and home-range size of Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx in Switzerland, Wildlife Biology 13(Dec 2007):393-405