Conclusion
The southern range in Ontario is strongly driven by the boreal lynx
population dynamics and this may mean that migration of lynx south of
the Canada-USA border will become increasingly infrequent, since lynx in
the boreal forest of Ontario have not recently reached the high numbers
they once did. This is even more true given how average annual snow
decreases southward across the border. Canada lynx in the northern US
Great Lakes states are likely to require populations that are locally
sustained, rather than maintained through a rescue effect, as we
anticipate that sufficient southward migration will continue to be rare
in the future due to reduced amplitude of lynx fluctuations and changing
environmental conditions.