Study area and data collection
At this work we analysed the materials which were collected in 2018 and
2019 from the following sources:
- Central Statistical Office of Poland (CSOP). Public statistical
information – environmental protection area in the years 2004-2018
(estimated data of the Polish Ministry of Environment and General
Directorate for Environmental Protection; Table 1).
- Report on game animals in Poland, Environmental Protection
Inspectorate in the years 1975-1991 and the Research Station of Polish
Hunting Association (PHA) in Czempiń for the period 1985-1997 (Table
2).
Population estimates of the Eurasian lynx in Poland indicate that this
species has undergone major fluctuations in numbers over the last 44
years. Collected data from Central Statistical Office of Poland (CSOP),
which are public statistical information, have been found in
environmental protection thematic area for years 2004-2018, detailing
the number of lynx in each voivodeships, together with their quantity in
national parks in Poland (Table 1). CSOP provides also the information
on the national lynx’s quantity (without division into voivodeships) in
years 2000-2003.