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| Beltran, J.F.; Sanjose, C.; Delibes, M.; Braza, F. | |
| An analysis of the Iberian lynx predation upon fallow deer in the coto Donana, SW Spai17th Congress of the International Union of Game Biologist, Brussels | |
| 1985 Conference Proceeding | |
Analysed are 1537 scats of lynxes and 24 carcasses of deer killed by lynxes from 1973 to 1984 at the Do¤ana Biological Reserve. Lynx predation upon deer is low (0-8% of the prey) and concentrates in Autumn-Winter, when rabbit supply and doe-fawn relationships decrease. Fallow deer are statistically chosen as prey more often than red deer, and fawns more often than adults. Individuals in good and bad physical condition are evenly captured. Lynxes kill deer by biting their throats. They will usually eat the muscular tissue of the shoulders and thighs. Onde individual lynx can eat from the same carcasse three of four times in two days. Lynx predation seems to account at least for 50% fawn mortality of fallow deer in Do¤ana. Anyhow, fallow deer have strong habitat restrictions in the area and predation could be a type of starvation related mortality. |
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