Seasonal migration and home range of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in the Italian eastern Alps

2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (2) ◽  
pp. 280-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Ramanzin ◽  
E. Sturaro ◽  
D. Zanon
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Roe Deer ◽  
Capreolus Capreolus ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Seasonal Migration ◽  
Migration Strategy ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Winter Range ◽  
Short Period

Although it has been demonstrated that European roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus (L. 1758)) may migrate seasonally in areas with snow gradients, this behaviour remains scarcely understood. From 1999 to 2002, radio-tracking techniques in an Italian alpine area showed that 40% of the 32 monitored roe deer migrated (12.0 ± 6.2 km, mean ± SD) from the high-elevation summer ranges to the low-elevation winter ranges. Proportions of migratory deer were similar for fawns and adults and for males and females. We documented a mixed migration strategy, with most deer migrating once to the winter range in years of heavy snowfalls, but many deer migrating inconsistently or only for a short period to the winter range in one year with very scarce snowfalls. Seasonal home-range sizes were similar for migratory and stationary deer, except in a winter with very shallow snow when migrators used unusually large home ranges. In all seasons, migrators showed a lower within home range site fidelity than did stationary deer. Our results indicate that seasonal migrations may be a common strategy exhibited by roe deer living in mountain areas to avoid deep snow, and that variability in climatic conditions might be responsible for the development of variable spatial strategies.

Ecological correlates of home-range size in spring–summer for female roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) in a deciduous woodland

2005 ◽  
Vol 267 (03) ◽  
pp. 301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Saïd ◽  
Jean-Michel Gaillard ◽  
Patrick Duncan ◽  
Nadine Guillon ◽  
Noël Guillon ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Roe Deer ◽  
Capreolus Capreolus ◽  
Home Range Size ◽  
Range Size ◽  
Deciduous Woodland ◽  
Ecological Correlates

Wintering strategies by mountain goats in interior mountains

2009 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 273-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim G. Poole ◽  
Kari Stuart-Smith ◽  
Irene E. Teske
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
High Elevation ◽  
Habitat Model ◽  
Winter Habitat ◽  
Oreamnos Americanus ◽  
Gps Collars ◽  
Juvenile Mortality ◽  
Winter Range ◽  
Mountain Goats ◽  
Selection For

As with many ungulates inhabiting areas with potentially deep snow, winter is an important season for mountain goats ( Oreamnos americanus (de Blainville, 1816)) and is characterized by restricted movements and high juvenile mortality. We examined winter habitat selection and wintering strategies by mountain goats in two adjacent areas of southeastern British Columbia characterized by deep, moist snow and by shallow, dry snow. Fifteen GPS collars were placed on mountain goats in each area over two winters. Winter-range size did not differ between areas and comprised, on average, 2.2%–7.4% of male home range and 8.0%–14.1% of female home range. Topographic variables dominated habitat model selection. At the broad scale, mountain goats in both areas selected winter ranges closer to escape terrain on warmer aspects that contained lesser amounts of mature dense forest. At the fine scale, mountain goats in both areas selected rugged habitat at upper mid-elevations and on warmer aspects. Alpine areas were avoided in the deep snow area and selected in the shallow snow area. No selection for mature forests was observed in either area. Mountain goats, therefore, appeared to utilize open, high-elevation habitats in shallow snow zones, but they did not seek reduced snow levels in mature forest stands in deep snow areas.

Does land use within the home range drive the exposure of roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) to two abortive pathogens in a rural agro-ecosystem?

2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 571-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Sevila ◽  
Céline Richomme ◽  
Hervé Hoste ◽  
Mónica G. Candela ◽  
Emmanuelle Gilot-Fromont ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Home Range ◽  
Roe Deer ◽  
Capreolus Capreolus

scholarly journals Size of winter home range of roe deer Capreolus capreolus in two forest areas with artificial feeding in Sweden

1996 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christel Guillet ◽  
Roger Bergström ◽  
Göran Cederlund
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Roe Deer ◽  
Capreolus Capreolus ◽  
Artificial Feeding

Use of space and habitat selection by roe deer Capreolus capreolus in a Mediterranean coastal area: how does woods landscape affect home range?

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Lamberti ◽  
Lorenza Mauri ◽  
Enrico Merli ◽  
Stefania Dusi ◽  
Marco Apollonio
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Home Range ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
Roe Deer ◽  
Capreolus Capreolus ◽  
Use Of Space

Experimental evidence for density-dependence of home-range size in roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus L.): a comparison of two long-term studies

Oecologia ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 139 (3) ◽  
pp. 478-485 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Kjellander ◽  
A. J. M. Hewison ◽  
O. Liberg ◽  
J.-M. Angibault ◽  
E. Bideau ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Density Dependence ◽  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Roe Deer ◽  
Capreolus Capreolus ◽  
Home Range Size ◽  
Range Size ◽  
Long Term Studies

scholarly journals The chronology of reindeer hunting on Norway's highest ice patches

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 171738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars Pilø ◽  
Espen Finstad ◽  
Christopher Bronk Ramsey ◽  
Julian Robert Post Martinsen ◽  
Atle Nesje ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Elevation ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Mountain Areas ◽  
Environmental Preservation ◽  
Cold Temperatures ◽  
Radiocarbon Dates ◽  
The Face ◽  
Discrete Nature ◽  
Increasing Demand ◽  
Reindeer Hunting

The melting of perennial ice patches globally is uncovering a fragile record of alpine activity, especially hunting and the use of mountain passes. When rescued by systematic fieldwork (glacial archaeology), this evidence opens an unprecedented window on the chronology of high-elevation activity. Recent research in Jotunheimen and surrounding mountain areas of Norway has recovered over 2000 finds—many associated with reindeer hunting (e.g. arrows). We report the radiocarbon dates of 153 objects and use a kernel density estimation (KDE) method to determine the distribution of dated events from ca 4000 BCE to the present. Interpreted in light of shifting environmental, preservation and socio-economic factors, these new data show counterintuitive trends in the intensity of reindeer hunting and other high-elevation activity. Cold temperatures may sometimes have kept humans from Norway's highest elevations, as expected based on accessibility, exposure and reindeer distributions. In times of increasing demand for mountain resources, however, activity probably continued in the face of adverse or variable climatic conditions. The use of KDE modelling makes it possible to observe this patterning without the spurious effects of noise introduced by the discrete nature of the finds and the radiocarbon calibration process.

scholarly journals Memory drives the formation of animal home ranges: evidence from a reintroduction

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Ranc ◽  
Francesca Cagnacci ◽  
Paul Moorcroft
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Roe Deer ◽  
Capreolus Capreolus ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Primary Process ◽  
Movement Model ◽  
Large Mammal ◽  
Resource Preference

Most animals live in a characteristic home range, a space-use pattern thought to emerge from the benefits of memory-based movements; however, a general model for characterizing and predicting their formation in the absence of territoriality has been lacking. Here, we use a mechanistic movement model to quantify the role of memory in the movements of a large mammal reintroduced into a novel environment, and to predict observed patterns of home range emergence. We show that an interplay between memory and resource preferences is the primary process influencing the movements of reintroduced roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Our memory-based model fitted with empirical data successfully predicts the formation of home ranges, as well as emerging properties of movement and revisits observed in the reintroduced animals. These results provide a quantitative framework for combining memory-based movements, resource preference and the emergence of home ranges in nature.

Variation in reproduction of a temperate deer, the southern pudu (Pudu puda)

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (8) ◽  
pp. 735
Author(s):  
Fernando Vidal ◽  
Jo Anne M. Smith-Flueck ◽  
Werner T. Flueck ◽  
Luděk Bartoš
Keyword(s):  
Captive Breeding ◽  
Roe Deer ◽  
Capreolus Capreolus ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Early Summer ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Breeding Period ◽  
Similar Response ◽  
Sexual Hormones ◽  
In The Wild

Pudu (Pudu puda), occurring in the southern cone of Latin America, has been classified as vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), yet little is known about this animal in the wild, with most knowledge on the breeding behaviour coming from captive animals. For this second-smallest deer in the world, delayed implantation has been suggested to explain the two peaks in the annual cycle of male sexual hormones on the basis of the accepted tenet that the breeding period occurs only once a year, between March and June. However, in the present study, birth dates from fawns born at the Los Canelos semi-captive breeding centre in Chile and male courting behaviour revealed the possibility of two rutting periods: autumn and spring. To our knowledge, this is the first time that late-fall births (May through early June for 17% of fawns in the study population) have been recorded for the southern pudu; two of these four births were conceived by females in the wild. From zoo and captive-animal birth records (n = 97), only three fawns were born in the fall. For all births combined (n = 121), 77% occurred in spring. The roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and Pere David deer (Elaphurus davidianus) have been considered the only two temperate cervids in which sexual activity is initiated by increasing daylength and which breed in early summer. Yet, the present results indicate a similar response from the southern pudu when under a wild or semi-captive environment, with breeding taking place in spring. These results suggest that this species may either have two reproductive periods per year or retains the capacity to be a breeder for a much more extended period of time than documented by earlier studies. Pudu, like other temperate deer, is responsive to photoperiod for timing its breeding period, but may further optimise its production of offspring by also responding to other environmental cues such as seasonal variation in food supply when climatic conditions are favourable.

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