Home range behaviour in male and female poison frogs in Amazonian Peru (Dendrobatidae:Ranitomeya reticulata)

2010 ◽  
Vol 45 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 15-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philine Werner ◽  
Ortwin Elle ◽  
Lisa M. Schulte ◽  
Stefan Lötters
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Poison Frogs

Breeding Cycle and Behavior of the Semipalmated Sandpiper at Barrow, Alaska

The Auk ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shoshana Ashkenazie ◽  
Uriel N. Safriel
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Pair Formation ◽  
Egg Laying ◽  
Breeding Cycle ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Semipalmated Sandpiper ◽  
The Family ◽  
Polygonal Area ◽  
Calidris Pusilla ◽  
And Behavior

Abstract Pair formation of Calidris pusilla near Barrow, Alaska occurs 3-6 days after the territory is established. The pair is then engaged in nest scraping displays during 2-3 days, in which 10-12 scrapes are made by the male and examined by the female. Eventually 2-3 scrapes are lined by the female, and in one of these the first egg is laid 4-6 days after pairing. During the egg-laying period further lining is performed by the female and partial incubation takes place by both sexes. Continuous incubation commences 8 h prior to laying of the 4th egg. Male and female alternate in incubation: in the first 2 days a turn lasts 3-5 h, and the duration gradually increases up to 13-14 h during the 2nd week. Long incubation turns reduce the number of approaches to the nest and may therefore reduce the chances of it being discovered by predators. The incubating bird is intermittently engaged in egg-rolling and in camouflaging the nest by bending adjacent grass blades over its back, and is constantly alert. The off-duty bird may feed 2-3 km away from the nest. The eggs hatch after 20 days of incubation, all within 1 day. Females desert the family 2-8 days after hatching: they desert late if hatching is early, and early if hatching is late in the season. After female departure the family moves from the nesting territory, typically in a high-centered polygonal area, to establish a home range as far as 2-3 km away, often in a low-centered polygonal area. During the first 6-8 days after hatching, the male prepares each evening a scrape for night brooding. After fledging, the male and young join wandering flocks.

Isometric scaling in home-range size of male and female bobcats (Lynx rufus)

2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (11) ◽  
pp. 1052-1060 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam W. Ferguson ◽  
Nathan A. Currit ◽  
Floyd W. Weckerly
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Vegetation Index ◽  
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index ◽  
Spatial Dynamics ◽  
Home Range Size ◽  
Range Size ◽  
Lynx Rufus ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Order Of Magnitude

For solitary carnivores a polygynous mating system should lead to predictable patterns in space-use dynamics. Females should be most influenced by resource distribution and abundance, whereas polygynous males should be strongly influenced by female spatial dynamics. We gathered mean annual home-range-size estimates for male and female bobcats ( Lynx rufus (Schreber, 1777)) from previous studies to address variation in home-range size for this solitary, polygynous carnivore that ranges over much of North America. Mean annual home ranges for bobcats (171 males, 214 females) from 29 populations covering the entire north to south and east to west range demonstrated female home-range sizes varied more than an order of magnitude and that, on average, males maintained home ranges 1.65 times the size of females. Male home-range sizes scaled isometrically with female home-range sizes indicating that male bobcats increase their home-range size proportional to female home-range size. Using partial correlation analysis we also detected an inverse relationship between environmental productivity, estimated using the normalized difference vegetation index, and home-range size for females but not males. This study provides one of the few empirical assessments of how polygyny influences home-range dynamics for a wide-ranging carnivore.

scholarly journals Bimodal habitat use in brood parasitic Common Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) revealed by GPS telemetry

The Auk ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 136 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Csaba Moskát ◽  
Miklós Bán ◽  
Attila Fülöp ◽  
Judit Bereczki ◽  
Márk E Hauber
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Distribution Patterns ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Cuculus Canorus ◽  
Utilization Distribution ◽  
Minimum Convex Polygon ◽  
Reed Beds ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Distribution Maps

Abstract Obligate brood parasitic birds have evolved a rare avian strategy for reproduction by laying eggs in the nests of other species. In doing so, their breeding ranges, but not necessarily their foraging habitats, have become intimately related to the nesting territories of their hosts. We studied home range sizes and distribution patterns in Common Cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) on their breeding grounds in central Hungary, where cuckoos parasitize only Great Reed Warblers (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) in channel-side reed-beds at a high frequency (>50%). The geographic coordinates of tagged cuckoos were monitored by high-precision, remotely downloadable non-Platform Terminal Transmitter global positioning system (GPS) loggers, attached to 9 females and 6 males. Our results revealed bimodal use of habitat patches: (1) the home ranges of male and female cuckoos were packed densely along the channels where the hosts breed, and their distribution maps had high overlaps between sexes; (2) ~71% of cuckoos also visited nearby woodland patches, presumably for foraging, where the host species was not present. The size of cuckoo home ranges varied to an unusually great extent: 0.3–185 km2 as calculated by the minimum convex polygon method (85%), or 1–17 km2 when calculated by the more suitable kernel density estimation (KDE) method (Utilization Distribution 85%) for patchy habitats. Male and female cuckoos had similar home range sizes as estimated by the KDE method, consisting of 1–4 areas within the 2 habitat types of channel reed-beds and woodlands. No preference was revealed for night roosting locations between the 2 habitats or sexes. Female cuckoos were more likely to use reed-beds in the afternoons, when females parasitize host nests. Remote downloadable GPS methods offer an effective way of tracking cuckoos across large areas, but the estimation of home range sizes requires caution due to this species’ patchy and disconnected habitat use.

Home Range Overlap and Nest Cohabitation of Male and Female Prairie Voles

1984 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joyce E. Hofmann ◽  
Lowell L. Getz ◽  
Leah Gavish
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Prairie Voles ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Home Range Overlap ◽  
Range Overlap

Home-range and den use of the mahogany glider, Petaurus gracilis

2000 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen M. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Adjacent Area ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Fragmented Habitat ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Socially Monogamous ◽  
Males And Females

The home-range of the mahogany glider was estimated, and its social behaviour examined, by following radio-collared animals over a two-year period within an area of continuous habitat and an adjacent area of fragmented habitat. The average home range within the continuous habitat was 19.25 ha for males and 20.34 ha for females, with male and female pairs occupying a combined area of 23.15 ha. In contrast, the average home range in the fragmented habitat was 11.05 ha for males and 6.80 ha for females, with a combined home-range of male and female pairs being 11.60 ha. The average overlap of the home ranges of paired males and females was 85.9%, compared with approximately 11% for non-paired individuals, which suggests that mahogany gliders are socially monogamous. For a total of 46 nights on which gliders were considered to behave normally for the entire night, the average foraging distance was 1506 m (range 590–3420 m) with no significant difference between males and females in either the continuous or fragmented habitat. There was, however, a significant difference in the distance individuals travelled during different times of the year, with longer distances being travelled during late dry season/wet season and shorter distances during the early to mid dry season. Mahogany gliders also travelled further when there was a high availability of nectar and pollen than when there was lower availability. A total of 83 dens (tree hollows) were recorded for the mahogany glider, with the poplar gum, Eucalyptus platyphylla, forest red gum, Eucalyptus tereticornis, and Clarkson's bloodwood, Corymbia clarksoniana, being most used.

Differences in the foraging behaviour of male and female Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus)

2011 ◽  
Vol 89 (6) ◽  
pp. 466-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
R.M.R. Barclay ◽  
D.S. Jacobs
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Foraging Behaviour ◽  
Home Range Size ◽  
Small Population ◽  
Range Size ◽  
Native Forest ◽  
Fruit Bats ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Pregnancy And Lactation ◽  
Males And Females

Male and female animals frequently have different foraging behaviours owing to differences in body size or nutritional demand, or to intraspecific competition. We studied foraging by Egyptian fruit bats ( Rousettus aegyptiacus (E. Geoffroy, 1810)) in Cape Town, South Africa, to test predictions based on differences in nutritional demand during reproduction. Using radiotelemetry, we compared emergence, return, and foraging times of males and females during pregnancy and lactation. We also determined home-range size, habitat use, and use of figs (genus Ficus L.), which are a potential source of calcium for lactating females. During the pregnancy period, males left their roost later than females and were away from the roost for shorter periods. There were no differences in timing of foraging during lactation. Females foraged in native forest more than males did, but home-range size did not differ. There was no evidence that females fed on figs more than males did. Differences in foraging behaviour were not as predicted based on nutritional and energetic differences. The small population may have meant that there was little competition for food, and figs may have provided a profitable source of energy for both males and females. Differences in the timing of foraging are best explained by the need for males to defend roosting sites.

Home ranges of free-ranging cats (Felis catus) in Brooklyn, New York

1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 178-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Haspel ◽  
Robert E. Calhoon
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
Home Range ◽  
Home Range Size ◽  
Felis Catus ◽  
Range Size ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Utilization Distribution ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Free Ranging

Home range size is stable among free-ranging cats in Brooklyn, New York. Marked male and female cats had mean home ranges of 2.6 (95% CI, 2.38–2.87) and 1.7 ha (95% CI, 1.57–1.98), respectively, as estimated by the population utilization distribution. Males had significantly larger home ranges, used the perimeter of their ranges more, and had greater variability in home range size than females. Gender differences in body weight accounted for observed differences in home range size; the seeking of estrous females by males could not account for differences in male and female home ranges. The availability of garbage or abandoned buildings, neighborhood, season, or experimental supplementary feeding did not influence home range size.

scholarly journals Área de actividad de Heteromys gaumeri en una selva mediana subcaducifolia de Yucatán

2004 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 5 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Adrián Cimé Pool ◽  
Silvia F. Hernández Betancourt ◽  
Salvador Medina Peralta
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Tropical Rainforest ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Deciduous Forest ◽  
Reproductive Condition ◽  
Total N ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
The Mean ◽  
High Degree

Resumen. Se estudió el área de actividad (AA) de Heteromys gaumeri en una selva mediana subcaducifolia en el Rancho Hobonil, Tzucacab al sur del estado de Yucatán, México. Se trabajó con el 30 % (n = 78) de la población total (n = 270); 53 % fueron hembras y 47 %, machos. Las hembras permanecieron en el área de estudio en promedio 7.6 meses y los machos 6.6 meses. La permanencia entre sexos no mostró diferencias significativas (p > 0.05). Los machos presentaron mayor AA promedio (555 m2) que las hembras (465 m2). El AA de individuos reproductivos (540 m2) y no reproductivos (439 m2) fue similar para ambos sexos (p > 0.05). No se observó una correlación entre el AA y el peso corporal en ninguno de los sexos (p > 0.05 para ambos sexos). La distancia máxima recorrida (DMR) no fue influenciada por la interacción de los factores sexo y época (p > 0.05). El AA de los machos mostró un promedio de 86 % de sobreposición y las hembras de 75 %; sin embargo, no fue significativa (p > 0.05). El tamaño y la alta sobreposición del AA y la distribución de las hembras, sugiere que esta especie es polígama y su sistema de pareja promiscuo, con un alto grado de tolerancia social intra e intersexual.Palabras clave: Área de actividad, Heteromys gaumeri, Rodentia, selva mediana subcaducifolia, Yucatán.Abstract. The home range (HR) of Heteromys gaumeri was studied in a subdeciduous tropical rainforest located at Rancho Hobonil, Tzucacab, Yucatan, Mexico. Thirty percent (n = 78) of the total population (n = 270) were residents, being 53 % females and 47 % males. The mean was 7.6 months for females, and 6.6 months for males. Average HR was 555 m2 for males and 465 m2 for females. Nevertheless, males and females did not differ significantly in the size of their HR (p > 0.05). The reproductive condition of individuals did not influence their HR and movement patterns. For both sexes, reproductive individuals showed the same HR than non-reproductive individuals (p > 0.05). HR was not correlated with individual weight of males and females in this population (p > 0.05). Neither season (dry and wet) nor sex (male and female) influenced maximum distance moved (MDM) (p > 0.05). Males and females had HR that overlapped the HR of multiple females and males intrasexually (p > 0.05). Based on HR size, high degree of HR overlap and female distribution, we concluded that mating system of H. gaumeri in rainforest of Yucatan is probably promiscous with a high degree of intra and intersexual tolerance.Key words: Activity area, Heteromys gumeri, Rodentia, medium deciduous forest, Yucatán.

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