DETERMINING HOME-RANGE SIZE OF RESIDENT COYOTES FROM POINT AND SEQUENTIAL LOCATIONS

被引:59
作者
GESE, EM
ANDERSEN, DE
RONGSTAD, OJ
机构
[1] UNIV WISCONSIN,DEPT WILDLIFE ECOL,MADISON,WI 53706
[2] US FISH & WILDLIFE SERV,GOLDEN,CO 80401
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10.2307/3809665
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
Examined the influence of using point and sequential locations for determining Canis latrans home-range size, using minimum convex polygon, 95% ellipse estimate, and 95% harmonic-mean activity area. For a given method, home-range size did not differ based on point and sequential locations. Time of day that locations were obtained and variation among individuals explained 91-93% of observed variation in home-range size. Minimum number of point locations required to adequately delineate home-range size ranged from 23-33 and 28-36 during day and night, respectively. Minimum number of tracking sessions necessary to delineate home-range size ranged from 4-6 and 5-9 during day and night, respectively. -from Authors
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