Search for: [Description = "The home range size, spacing pattern and intraspecific relations in the lynx Lynx lynx \(Linnaeus, 1758\) were studied in Białowieża Primeval Forest \(eastern Poland\), in 1991\-1996. Eighteen lynx \(11 males and 7 females\) were captured and radio\-collared. The mean autumn\-winter home range size was 165 km2 for males and 94 km2 for females. In spring\-summer, it was 143 and 55 km2, respectively. The mean life\-time home ranges were 248 km2 for males and 133 km2 for females. Male home range size did not change significantly between autumn\-winter and spring\-summer seasons, however, their ranges icreased by 40\-90% just before and during the mating season \(December\-March\). The home range of females in the autumn\-winter season was almost twice as large compared with the spring\-summer period \(94 vs 55 km2\). The smallest home ranges were observed in breeding females during the two months after parturition \(10 km\) and these grew until the following spring. The home ranges calculated for 5\-month periods shifted on average 4 km in adult males, 2.7 in adult females and 4.7 km in subadult males. One of the farthest shifts in the adult male range \(8.7 km\) was explained by the death of a neighbouring resident. The average overlap between adult males]

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