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JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY
卷 88, 期 2, 页码 468-476出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1644/06-MAMM-A-165R1.1
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Florida black bear; home range; kernel density method; minimum convex polygon; space use; Ursus americanus floridanus
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The manner in which space is utilized by animals is influenced by several factors, including habitat quality and the distribution and abundance of resources. We used 4 years (2000-2003) of radiotelemetry data to investigate the space-use pattern of female Florida black bears (Ursus americanusfloridanus) in the Ocala National Forest and an adjacent residential community of Lynne, north-central Florida. Annual home-range size (95% fixed kernel density estimator) ranged from 3.8 km(2) to 126.9 km(2), and averaged (+/- SE) 24.2 +/- 3.55 km(2). Home ranges were largest during 2000 when a drought led to a forest-wide mast failure, suggesting that abundance of food resources can substantially influence space-use pattern. Home-range sizes during autumn (19.92 +/- 4.59 km(2)) were substantially larger than during summer (8.26 +/- 0.99 km(2)). Although annual home-range size did not differ between the 2 study sites, home ranges in summer were smaller in Lynne (5.30 +/- 1.01 km(2)) than in Ocala National Forest (9.82 +/- 1.29 km (2)), whereas home ranges in autumn were twice as large in Lynne (35.76 +/- 13.91 km(2)) as in Ocala National Forest (13.24 +/- 1.80 km(2)). We suggest that site-specific differences in the size of seasonal home range are due to differences in habitat characteristics and the degree of habitat fragmentation between the 2 study sites.
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