Home range size and overlap of Tibetan foxes ( Vulpes ferrilata) in Dulan County, Qinghai Province

Qunxiu Liu, Richard B. Harris, Xiaoming Wang, Zhenghuan Wang

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Abstract

We documented home ranges for 3 radio-marked (2 ♂,1 ♀) Tibetan foxes (Vulpes ferrilata) in Gouli township, Dulan County, Qinghai Province, China in Sep. 21 - Oct. 21, 2006 and Jan 14 - Jan. 20, Feb. 6 - Feb. 12 and Mar. 13 - Apr. 8 , 2007. Home ranges of 3 collared Tibetan foxes were quantified using the fixed kernel method, and a simple index of home range overlap was also calculated. Mean home range size was 6.4 km2 (SE = 0.4) and the mean core area was 1.6 km (SE = 0.2). Home ranges and core area of all 3 foxes overlapped. Percentage home range overlap was 50% -60%, and overlap of core areas was 7% -20%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)370-375
Number of pages6
JournalActa Theriologica Sinica
Volume27
Issue number4
StatePublished - 2007

Keywords

  • Core area
  • Home range
  • Overlap
  • Qinghai
  • Tibetan fox (vulpes ferrilata)

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