Home sweet home: Post release monitoring and behaviour of two rehabilitated injured adult female Eurasian lynxes

Home sweet home: Post release monitoring and behaviour of two rehabilitated injured adult female Eurasian lynxes | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Article Home sweet home: Post release monitoring and behaviour of two rehabilitated injured adult female Eurasian lynxes Nathan Huvier, Lorane Mouzon-Moyne, Manon Clerc, Gilles Moyne This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9051434/v1 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Under Review Version 1 posted 5 You are reading this latest preprint version Abstract Care and release of injured free-ranging Eurasian lynxes ( Lynx lynx ) is a rare practice and few data are available when it comes to post release behaviour of these individuals. Here we used global positioning system telemetry and the net square displacement to monitor and document the behaviour of two adult female lynxes injured in a car collision and rehabilitated in a wildlife rescue centre. After 21 and 170 days in care, they were released and monitored for 5 and 6 months in 2018 and 2019 respectively in the French Jura Mountains. We measured home ranges (95% MCP) of 122.71 km² and 104.46 km², with a rate of change higher upon release and decrease over time. We recorded a majority of ranging behaviour and an increased activity at dawn and dusk. This study shows a rapid recovery of natural behaviour and territory size after time in a rescue centre. Post release reproductions were confirmed for both females showing that rehabilitation of injured animals is an essential tool for the species conservation and it provides ethic opportunities for monitoring and study the species. Biological sciences/Ecology Earth and environmental sciences/Ecology Biological sciences/Zoology behaviour Eurasian lynx home range injured lynx monitoring post-release rehabilitation wildlife Full Text Additional Declarations No competing interests reported. Cite Share Download PDF Status: Under Review Version 1 posted Reviewers invited by journal 30 Mar, 2026 Editor invited by journal 10 Mar, 2026 Editor assigned by journal 07 Mar, 2026 Submission checks completed at journal 07 Mar, 2026 First submitted to journal 06 Mar, 2026 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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