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== Biologia ==
[[File:Canada lynx by Michael Zahra.jpg|thumb|Lince canadese accovacciata.]]
La lince canadese tende ad avere abitudini [[Animale notturno|notturne]], come la [[Lepus americanus|lepre scarpa da neve]], sua preda principale., Tuttavia,ma può essere attiva anche durante il giorno<ref name=Sunquist/>. LaPer procurarsi le prede necessarie, la lince può Thepercorrere lynxanche can cover {{convert|8|–|-9| km|mi}} everydayal to procure prey,giorno<ref name=Saunders>{{citecita journalpubblicazione|last1=Saunders|first1autore=J. K. Saunders|titletitolo=Movements and activities of the lynx in Newfoundland|journalpubblicazione=The Journal of Wildlife Management|datedata=1963|volume=27|issuenumero=3|pagespp=390–400390-400|jstor=3798512|doi=10.2307/3798512}}</ref><ref name="Nellis">{{citecita journalpubblicazione|last1=Nellis|first1autore=C. H.|last2=Keith|first2= Nellis e L. B. Keith|titletitolo=Hunting activities and success of lynxes in Alberta|journalpubblicazione=The Journal of Wildlife Management|datedata=1968|volume=32|issuenumero=4|pagespp=718–22718-22|jstor=3799545|doi=10.2307/3799545}}</ref>, movingspostandosi atad una velocità di {{convert|0.,75|–|-1.,46| km/h|mph|abbr=on}}. all'ora<ref name="ODonoghue">{{citecita journalpubblicazione|last1autore=M. O'Donoghue|first1=M, S.|last2= Boutin|first2=S.|last3=Krebs|first3=, C. J.|last4=Zuleta|first4= Krebs, G.|last5=Murray|first5= Zuleta, D. L.|last6=Hofer|first6= Murray e E. J. Hofer|titletitolo=Functional responses of coyotes and lynx to the snowshoe hare cycle|journalpubblicazione=Ecology|datedata=1998|volume=79|issuenumero=4|pagespp=1193–2081193-208|doi=10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1193:FROCAL]2.0.CO;2|url=https://www.math.unl.edu/~bdeng1/Teaching/math943/Topics/Data%20Fit/Odon98.pdf}}</ref>. LynxesLe arelinci goodsono swimmers;buone nuotatrici<ref name=Nowak/>: onein accountun recordscaso adocumentato, lynxun swimmingesemplare twonuotò milesper acrosstre thechilometri attraverso il fiume [[Yukon River(fiume)|Yukon]].<ref>{{cite bookcita libro|titletitolo= Forest Cats of North America Cougars, Bobcats, Lynx |lastautore= Kobalenko |first= J. Kobalenko|yearanno= 1997 |publishereditore= Firefly Books |___locationcittà= Ontario, Canada |isbn= 978-1-55209-172-2 }}</ref>. TheSono Canadaanche lynxdelle iseccellenti anarrampicatrici efficiente climber,scampano andai willpredatori dodgerifugiandosi predatorssugli byalberi; climbingnonostante high up on trees; howeverquesto, theycacciano huntunicamente onlya on land.terra<ref name=Hunter/>. CanadaLe lynxeslinci arecanadesi primarilysono solitaryprevalentemente solitarie; le interazioni sociali sono ridotte al minimo, withse minimalsi socialeccettua interactionle exceptmadri forcon thei mother-offspringpiccoli bonde andle theassociazioni temporarytemporanee associationche betweensi malescreano andtra femalesmaschi duringe thefemmine matingdurante season.la stagione riproduttiva<ref name=Parker/><ref>{{citecita journal|last1=Carbynpubblicazione|first1autore=L.|last2=Patriquin|first2= Carbyn e D. Patriquin|titletitolo=Observations on home range sizes, movements, and social organization of lynx, (''Lynx canadensis''), in Riding Mountains National Park, Manitoba|journalpubblicazione=Canadian Field-Naturalist|pagespp=262–7262-7|volume=97|datedata=1983}}</ref> .
InNel 2018 itgli wasstudiosi discoveredhanno thatscoperto inche nel Maine, thela [[FisherMartes (animal)pennanti|fishermartora di Pennant]] willpuò alsooccasionalmente occasionallydare huntla Canadacaccia lynxes,alle withlinci thecanadesi: mustelidsnegli oftenscontri endingche upne succeedingrisultano, whenle encountersprime arehanno recordedquasi bothsempre inla partmeglio, duegrazie toalla theloro fisher'snatura aggressionpiù andaggressiva; theal lesscontrario, aggressivele naturemartore ofdi thePennant lynxpossono infinire talvolta comparisonsul tomenu thedella Americanlince bobcatrossa, whichnelle inlocalità turndove servesgli asareali thedelle fisher's predator in areas where thedue twospecie carnivoressi meet.sovrappongono<ref>[https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/09/Weasel-like-fishers-prey-on-Canada-Lynx-in-Maine-news/ Maine Researchers Track Deadly Fights Between Lynx and Fishers].</ref> .
=== Comportamento sociale e spaziale ===
===Home ranges===
CanadaLe lynxeslinci establishcanadesi occupano [[home range]]s thatdi varydimensioni widelyestremamente invariabili size,a seconda del dependingmetodo upondi themisura methodche ofviene measurementutilizzato. TheI twodue commonmetodi methodspiù arecomuni examiningutilizzati theper tracksstimarne ofle thedimensioni lynxsono onl'esame snowdelle tracce lasciate sulla neve (''snow-tracking'') ande la [[Wildlife radio telemetry|radio telemetry-telemetria]];. La tecnica dello ''snow-tracking'' generallytende givesgeneralmente smallera sizesdare forvalori homepiù ranges.bassi: Studiescon basedgli onstudi snow-trackingeffettuati haveutilizzando estimatedquesta pratica sono stati stimati home range sizesdi of {{convert|11.,1|–|-49.,5|sqkm|sqmi}} km², whilecontro thosegli based8-783 on radiokm² telemetrystimati havedagli givenstudi thesvolti areacon betweenla {{convert|8|and|783|sqkm|sqmi}}.radio-telemetria<ref name=lox/>. LikeCome otheraltri catsfelidi, Canadale lynxeslinci canadesi [[TerritorialMarcatura markingdel territorio|scent-markmarcano]] theiri rangesloro byterritori sprayingspruzzando urineurina ande depositingdepositando faecesfeci onsulla snowneve, orsu treemonconi stumpsdi andalbero othero prominentsu sitesaltri insiti andben aroundevidenti theirall'interno range.e nei dintorni delle proprie aree vitali<ref name=Sunquist/>.
MalesI tendmaschi totendono occupyad largeroccupare rangesterritori thanpiù doestesi females;delle forfemmine: instanceper esempio, basednel oncorso datadi fromuno astudio 1980di radio-telemetria telemetric analysiseffettuato in [[Minnesota]] nel 1980, thei hometerritori rangesdei ofprimi malessono coveredrisultati essere di {{convert|145|–|-243|sqkm|sqmi}} km², whileal thosecontrario ofdei females51-122 coveredkm² {{convert|51|–|122|sqkm|sqmi}}di quelli delle seconde. TheTale studystudio coincidedvenne witheffettuato anin immigrationconcomitanza ofdell'immigrazione lynxesdi intolinci in Minnesota, whereun territorio haresdove occurredle lepri vivono in smallpiccolo numbers.numero<ref>{{citecita journalpubblicazione|last1=Mech|first1autore=L. D. Mech|titletitolo=Age, sex, reproduction, and spatial organization of lynxes colonizing Northeastern Minnesota|journalpubblicazione=Journal of Mammalogy|datedata=1980|volume=61|issuenumero=2|pagespp=261–7261-7|jstor=1380047|doi=10.2307/1380047}}</ref>. In anotherun radioaltro telemetricstudio studyradio-telemetrico in 1985effettuato in [[Montana]] nel 1985, malei homevalori rangesmedi averagedriscontrati erano di {{convert|122|sqkm|sqmi}} andkm² thoseper ofi femalesmaschi averagede di {{convert|43.,1|sqkm|sqmi}}. km² per le femmine<ref>{{citecita thesis|last=Brainerdpubblicazione|firstautore=S. M. Brainerd|titletitolo=Reproductive ecology of bobcats and lynx in western Montana|typeeditore=M.Sc.[[Università thesisdel Montana|publisher=[[University of Montana]]|datedata=1985|pagespp=1–851-85}}</ref>. In auno studystudio insvolto thenella southernparte meridionale dei [[NorthwestTerritori del TerritoriesNord-Ovest]], ranges of individuals of opposite sexes were found to overlap extensively, while the ranges of individuals of the same sex hardly coincided. The study suggested that individuals tend to avoid one another and thus passively defend their ranges.<ref name=Poole1995/>
Factors such as availability of prey (primarily snowshoe hare), density of lynxes and the topography of the habitat determine the shape and size of the home range.<ref name=lox/> Studies have tried to correlate the abundance of snowshoe hares in an area with the sizes of lynx home ranges in that area. A 1985 study showed that the mean size of home ranges trebled—from {{convert|13.2|to|39.2|sqkm|sqmi}}—when the density of hares fell from {{convert|14.7|to|1|/ha|/acre}}.<ref name="Ward">{{cite journal|last1=Ward|first1=R.M.P.|last2=Krebs|first2=C.J.|title=Behavioural responses of lynx to declining snowshoe hare abundance|journal=Canadian Journal of Zoology|date=1985|volume=63|issue=12|pages=2817–24|doi=10.1139/z85-421}}</ref> However, a few other studies have reported different responses from lynxes at times of prey scarcity; some lynxes do not show any changes in their ranges, while others may resort to hunting in small areas, occupying small home ranges.<ref name=lox/> Canada lynxes generally do not leave their home ranges frequently, though limited prey availability can be a factor powerful enough to cause lynxes to disperse or expand their ranges.<ref name=Poole1995>{{cite journal|last1=Poole|first1=K.G.|title=Spatial organization of a lynx population|journal=Canadian Journal of Zoology|date=1995|volume=73|issue=4|pages=632–41|doi=10.1139/z95-074}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Poole|first1=K.G.|title=Dispersal patterns of lynx in the Northwest Territories|journal=The Journal of Wildlife Management|date=1997|volume=61|issue=2|pages=497–505|doi=10.2307/3802607|jstor=3802607}}</ref>
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