Publication of the Proceedings of Symposium 2008 Orléans

      The Proceedings of Symposium 2008 which took place at the Natural History Museum of Orléans (FRANCE) are publicated at least! :)
[Thanks to Jacques Baillon and Actu'Lynx for this information]
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"Lynx...Le grand retour?" Lynx...the great return?

      This symposium was the brainchild of a group of passionate individuals and organizations whith the following composition :


1) Organisation of the symposium

- Organizing Committee :
Philippe Guillet (Muséum d’Orléans)
Marie-Paule Lagasquie (Loiret Nature Environnement)
René Rosoux (Muséum d’Orléans)
Didier Papet (Loiret Nature Environnement)
Jacques Baillon (Loiret Nature Environnement)
Pascale Rossler (Loiret Nature Environnement)
Annie Moreau (FERUS)
Farid Benhammou (RGTE-ENGREF)

- Scientific coordination:
René Rosoux (Muséum d’Orléans)

2) Publication of the proceedings (by the National Natural History Muséum)

- Writing et translations :
Anne Saint Girons
Marie-des-Neiges de Bellefroid
René Rosoux

- Reading Committee :
Jacques Baillon (Loiret Nature Environnement)
Roland Libois (Université de Liège)
Marie-des-Neiges de Bellefroid (Loiret Nature Environnement)
Éric Marboutin (ONCFS)
Farid Benhammou (RGTE-ENGREF)
René Rosoux (Muséum d’Orléans)
Philippe Guillet (Muséum d’Orléans)
Gilbert Simon (WWF/FERUS)

SUMMARY
Foreword : Philippe Guillet
Preface : Eladio Fernandez Galiano
Introduction : Jacques Trouvilliez

     Distribution map of the northern lynx and the Iberian lynx in Europe (situation 2010) : Patrick Haffner
Origin and evolution of the genus Lynx : Agnès Testu
The lynx in France : contribution archaeological and historical data : Cécile Callou
The role of France in the return of the lynx in Europe : Gilbert Simon
The lynx population in France : Éric Marboutin, Christophe Duchamp, Pierre-Emmanuel Briaudet, Perrine Moris, François Léger, Yannick Léonard, Alain Laurent, Jérôme Boyer, Michel Catusse et Pierre Migot
The discrete progression of the lynx in France, current balance : Mathieu Krammer
Observation of the lynx in the wild in the Jura Mountains, providing a naturalist work : Loïc Coat

     Ecology and management of lynx in Switzerland : Andreas Ryser et Urs Breitenmoser
     The Iberian lynx in critical danger of extinction : Miguel Delibes de Castro
     The lynx in Slovenia : statut et écologie : Miha Kröfel
    Analysis of potential home of Boreal Lynx (Lynx lynx) in the eastern province of Liege (Belgium) : Violaine Thiry, Vinciane Schockert, Roland Libois, Yves Cornet et Samuel van der Linden
     Fear of lynx… or scare with the lynx? The return of the lynx in the french Jura : Pierre Athanaze
     Live with the lynx or how to accept the wild : Jean-Claude Génot
     Conservation strategy of the Iberian Lynx in Andalousia: Miguel Anguel Simon, Rafael Cadenas, José-Maria Gil-Sanchez, Marcos Lopes Parra, Leonardo Fernandez, Gema Ruiz et Guillermo Lopez.

     The lynx in Germany, a successful return, even in fragmented habitats? : Mathias Herrmann et Nina Klar
Public policies to protect the lynx in Europe in France : Nathalie Lacour
     Geopolitical perspectives of the lynx and the return of large predators in France : connections, similarities and specificities : Farid Benhammou

Conclusion : René Rosoux et Marie des Neiges de Bellefroid
Annexes : Organisation of the symposium. Communications, posters, events, addresses of stakeholders, Table of Contents


This publication is volume 71 of the "Patrimoines Naturels" collection
Publication Director: Thomas Grenon
General Director of the National Museum of Natural History
Editor: Jean-Philippe Siblet
Editorial Assistant: Gwénaëlle Chavassieu