lynxjura: Monitoring of Lynx
Description
This data set stores the results of the monitoring of lynx in the
French Jura between 1980 and 1999. These data have been collected by
the Lynx Network of the french wildlife management office (Office
national de la chasse et de la faune sauvage).format
The list lynxjura
has two components:
{an object of class kasc
(see
help(kasc)
) that describes several variables on the study
area: forets
is the density of forests, hydro
is the
density of rivers, routes
is the density of roads and
artif
is the distance from urbanized areas.}
locs
{a data frame containing the locations of presence
indices of the lynx. X
and Y
are the x and y
coordinates, Date
is the date of the collection of the
indice and Type
represents the type of data (C
: alive
lynx captured, D
: attacks on livestock, E
: prints or
tracks, F
: feces, J
: hairs, L
: corpse of lynx,
O
: sightings and P
: attacks on wild prey).}source
Vandel, J.M. (2001) Repartition du Lynx (Lynx lynx) en France (Massif
Alpin, Jurassien et Vosgien). Methodologie d'etude et statut
actuel. Ecole Pratique des Haute Etudes de Montpellier II:
Dissertation.