Black solid areas represent local populations, i.e. continuous areas of stable presence of the species. Black lines encompassing some of these areas represent metapopulations, i.e. groups of discrete local populations connected through dispersing individuals, more or less isolated among them. Numbers identify metapopulation: 1: Algarve-Odemira-Sado Valley, 2: Gata-Malcata-S.Pedro-S.Mamede, 3: W.Sierra Morena-Guadiana, 4: Alberche, 5: Gredos, 6: Subbéticas, 7: Doñana, 8: Central Sierra Morena, 9: Central Population (E.S.Morena-Montes de Toledo-Villuercas). For Spain, dotted lines represent boundaries between administrative regions, identified by letters as follows: G = Galicia; AS = Asturias; C = Cantabria; E = Euskadi; N = Navarra; AR = Aragón; CA = Cataluña; R = Rioja; CL = Castilla-León; M = Madrid; CM = Castilla-La Mancha; V = Valencia; MU = Murcia; EX = Extremadura; AN = Andalucía.
Source:
Delibes, M., Rodriguez, A., and Ferreras, P. 2000. Action plan for the conservation of the Iberian lynx in Europe. Nature and environment 111: 1-44. Strasbourg Cedex, Council of Europe.
