lynxjura {adehabitat} | R Documentation

## 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).

### Usage

    data(lynxjura)

### Format

The list `lynxjura` has two components:

`map`
  an object of class `kasc` (see `help(as.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) textit{Répartition du Lynx (Lynx lynx) en France (Massif Alpin, Jurassien et Vosgien). Méthodologie d'étude et statut actuel}. Ecole Pratique des Haute Etudes de Montpellier II: Dissertation.

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