CORRIDOR USE BY SMALL MAMMALS - FIELD MEASUREMENT FOR 3 EXPERIMENTAL TYPES OF PEROMYSCUS-LEUCOPUS

被引：99

作者：

MERRIAM, G

LANOUE, A

机构：

[1] Ottawa-Carleton Institute of Biology, Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa

来源：

LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY | 1990年 / 4卷 / 2-3期

关键词：

BEHAVIOR; CONNECTIVITY; CORRIDOR MOVEMENT; DISPERSAL; FENCEROW; LANDSCAPE MOVEMENT; TELEMETRY; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

D O I：

10.1007/BF00132856

中图分类号：

Q14 [生态学（生物生态学）];

学科分类号：

071012 ; 0713 ;

摘要：

Eighteen mice of each of 3 types were radio-tagged and released at 6 standard points in farmland fencerows. Mice were residents (trapped on site) or translocated from distant forest or from distant corn fields. Of total (net) distance moved, most was in fencerows; 77% for residents, 83% for mice translocated from cropland and 92% for mice translocated from forest. Structurally complex fencerows were preferred significantly over intermediate or simple structures by all types of mice. Time spent in movement was not a linear function of distance moved and averaged from 12.5 to 16.5% of total available activity time. Total distance moved in 2 nights averaged 287 to 422 m and area explored averaged 0.67 to 1.15 ha and ranged to 11.0 ha; both exceed literature values for this species in forest. This enlarged scale of landscape use illustrates the potential importance of landscape-specific behaviour. The measurement of rate of corridor use also is discussed.

引用

页码：123 / 131

页数：9

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