원격무선추적을 통한 한국너구리(Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis)의 행동권 연구

A radio-tracking study of home-range of the Korean raccoon dog(Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis)

  • Kim, Baek-Jun (Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife(CGRB), College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Choi, Tae-Young (Environmental Planning Institute, The Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University) ;
  • Park, Chong-Hwa (Environmental Planning Institute, The Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University) ;
  • Kim, Young-Jun (Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife(CGRB), College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Hang (Conservation Genome Resource Bank for Korean Wildlife(CGRB), College of Veterinary Medicine and BK21 Program for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University)
  • 발행 : 2007.04.21

초록

The main aim of this study is to estimate home-range of the Korean raccoon dog(Nyctereutes procyonoides koreensis) at a rural area of Gurye in the southern part of South Korea. A radio-tracking was regularly carried out on 4 raccoon dogs for 2 days every 2 months in 2006. During the days, the radio-tracking was usually conducted every 1-3 hours through day-time to night-time. Among the 4 raccoon dogs, 2 individuals(a permanent breeding pair) could be extensively tracked for 5 to 7 months, including all 4 seasons. The result showed that total home-range sizes of the pair were 0.732 $km^2$ and 0.373 $km^2$ for 100% minimum convex polygons(MCP) and 100% kernel(K), respectively, during the monitoring period. Mean home-range sizes of the 2 raccoon dogs were 0.035-0,688 $km^2$ and 0.012-0.341 $km^2$ for MCP and K, respectively. Yearly home-range sizes of the male and female were similar to each other. However, home-range sizes of the raccoon dogs between day-time and night-time were quite different. Furthermore, the raccoon dogs showed a much broader home-range size in spring, summer and fall than in winter season. Finally, the pair had a broad overlapping home-range(about 70-95%), and 1 core area and 4 different feeding areas.

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