Is the use part of a strategy to generate conservation incentives, to finance conservation, or to improve tolerance/stewardship?
Yes
Is there evidence that the use is affecting the conservation status of the species? HIDE
Yes – use is improving the status (e.g., population is increasing or stabilising, extraction effort OR catch per unit effort is decreasing or stable)
Is there evidence that the use is affecting natural selection?
Unknown/not recorded
Is there evidence that the use is affecting poaching of illegal wildlife trade?
Unknown/not reported
we found that 32 states now report increasing populations (Table 1).
All other states that reported bobcat population trends, with the exception of Florida, reported at least stable populations.
Is there any evidence that this use of the species is having a knock-on effect on the status of non-target species
Unknown/not recorded
Unknown/not recorded
Yes, considered sustainable
Details of assessment carried out
Populations were reported to be stable or increasing in 40 states, with 6 states unable to report population trends and only 1 state (Florida) reporting decreases in bobcat populations. results indicate that bobcat populations
have increased throughout the majority of their range in North America since the late 1990s and that populations within the United States are much higher than previously suggested.
Has a valuation of financial flows from this use at the site/national/international level been recorded
Roberts NM, Crimmins SM. 2010. Bobcat population status and management in North America: evidence of large-scale population increase. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 1(2):169–174.
Bobcat populations are more widely distributed and more abundant than they were in 1981. These increases are likely attributable primarily to multiple factors including habitat availability,
increased prey density, changing land-use practices, and intense harvest management at the state level.