About the Authors

Anja Molinari-Jobin

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

a.molinari@kora.ch

Affiliation Stiftung KORA, Ittigen, Switzerland

Fridolin Zimmermann

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Stiftung KORA, Ittigen, Switzerland, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Stéphanie Borel

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Vetsuisse Faculty, Departement of Infectious diseases and Pathobiology, Institute for Fish and Wildlife Health, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Luc Le Grand

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Stiftung KORA, Ittigen, Switzerland

Elena Iannino

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Progetto Lince Italia, Tarvisio, Italy

Ole Anders

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Harz National Park, Wernigerode, Germany

Elisa Belotti

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic, Department of Nature Protection, Šumava National Park Administration, Kašperské Hory, Czech Republic

Ludek Bufka

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nature Protection, Šumava National Park Administration, Kašperské Hory, Czech Republic

Duško Ćirović

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia

Nolwenn Drouet-Hoguet

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Equipe Loup-Lynx, Office français de la biodiversité, Gières, France

Thomas Engleder

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Green Heart of Europe, Lynx Project Austria Northwest, Haslach an der Mühl, Austria

Michał Figura

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Association for Nature "Wolf", Twardorzeczka, Poland, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology, Institute of Functional Biology and Ecology, University of Warsaw, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Warszawa, Poland

Christian Fuxjäger

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Nationalpark Kalkalpen, Molln, Austria

Eva Gregorova

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bojnice Zoological Garden, Bojnice, Slovakia

Marco Heurich

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Forest and Wildlife Management, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Koppang, Norway, Wildlife Ecology and Wildlife Management, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Sylvia Idelberger

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Stiftung Natur und Umwelt Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, Germany

Jakub Kubala

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Faculty of Forestry, Department of Applied Zoology and Wildlife Management, Technical University in Zvolen, Zvolen, Slovakia, DIANA–Carpathian Wildlife Research, Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Josip Kusak

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department Veterinary Biology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Dime Melovski

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Macedonian Ecological Society, Skopje, North Macedonia

Tomma Lilli Middelhoff

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Harz National Park, Wernigerode, Germany

Tereza Mináriková

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations ALKA Wildlife, Dačice, Czech Republic, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Paolo Molinari

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Progetto Lince Italia, Tarvisio, Italy

Lorane Mouzon-Moyne

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre Athenas Wildlife Rescue Center, L’étoile, France

Gilles Moyne

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre Athenas Wildlife Rescue Center, L’étoile, France

Robert W. Mysłajek

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Association for Nature "Wolf", Twardorzeczka, Poland, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology, Institute of Functional Biology and Ecology, University of Warsaw, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Warszawa, Poland

Sabina Nowak

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Association for Nature "Wolf", Twardorzeczka, Poland, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology, Institute of Functional Biology and Ecology, University of Warsaw, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Warszawa, Poland

Janis Ozolins

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Latvian State Forest Research Institute ‘‘Silava”, Salaspils, Latvia

Andreas Ryser

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Stiftung KORA, Ittigen, Switzerland

Bardh Sanaja

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Environmentally Responsible Action ERA, Peja, Kosovo

Maryna Shkvyria

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Kyiv zoological park of national importance, Kyiv, Ukraine

Teodora Sin

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Association for the Conservation of Biological Diversity, Focsani, Romania

Magda Sindičić

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department for Game and Wildlife, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Vedran Slijepčević

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Wildlife Management and Nature Protection, Karlovac University of Applied Sciences, Karlovac, Croatia

Christian Stauffer

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Stiftung KORA, Ittigen, Switzerland

Branislav Tám

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Bojnice Zoological Garden, Bojnice, Slovakia, Faculty of Agrobiology and Food Resources, Department of Small Animal Science, Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia

Aleksander Trajce

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania, Tirana, Albania

Josefa Volfová

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Nature Protection, Šumava National Park Administration, Kašperské Hory, Czech Republic, Friends of the Earth Czech Republic—Carnivore Conservation Programme, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Sybille Wölfl

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation WildLink Institute, Association Lynx Bavaria, Waldmünchen, Germany

Diana Zlatanova

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Faculty of Biology, Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia, Bulgaria

Kristina Vogt

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Stiftung KORA, Ittigen, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.