Bericht 13.pub - Kora

Juni 2002 Content5Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Coat Patterns of Eurasian Lynx(Lynx lynx) in two reintroduced Populations in SwitzerlandContentAbstract 61. Introduction 61.1. Evolutionary history of coat patterns in felids 61.2. History of lynx in Switzerland and current status 62. Material and Methods 72.1. Available materials 72.2. Classification of Coat Patterns 82.3. Evaluation ans statistical analyses 83. Results 83.1. Identification of coat pattern types 83.2. Assignment of coat pattern types 93.3. Distribution of the different coat pattern types 93.3.1. Spatial distribution of coat patterns in Switzerland 103.3.2. Temporal changes in pattern type frequencies 104. Discussion 204.1. Description of coat pattern types 204.2. Comparisons with other descriptions of coat patterns in lynx 204.3. Spatial and temporal distribution of coat patterns in Switzerland 215. References 246. Appendices 25I Review on Coat Patterns. 25II Form with all necessary information needed per individual and guidelines to fill out the form 31III Spots-Counting rules 32IV Database of Lynx - Pictures 33