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Study on Home Range of Siberian Flying Squirrel (Pteromys volans) Using GPS tag

GPS tag를 이용한 하늘다람쥐의 행동권 연구

  • Chun Woo Lim (Department of Life Science, Dongguk University) ;
  • Sung Chul Kim (Department of Life Science, Dongguk University) ;
  • Gee Hoon Shin (Department of Environmental Science, Keimyung University) ;
  • Young Shin Jeon (Department of Life Science, Dongguk University) ;
  • Rim Lee (Department of Life Science, Dongguk University) ;
  • Chul Un Chung (Department of Life Science, Dongguk University)
  • 임춘우 (동국대학교 생명과학과) ;
  • 김성철 (동국대학교 생명과학과) ;
  • 신지훈 (계명대학교 환경과학과) ;
  • 전영신 (동국대학교 생명과학과) ;
  • 이림 (동국대학교 생명과학과) ;
  • 정철운 (동국대학교 생명과학과)
  • Received : 2024.05.22
  • Accepted : 2024.06.10
  • Published : 2024.06.30
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Abstract

This study took six individuals (three females and three males) from October 2017 to October 2018 to analyze the home range of Pteromys volans. A 3.5-g GPS tag was used to track the ranges, and a nest box was used to capture them. The home range was analyzed using MCP and KDE with the home range tool ArcGIS 10.3 (ESRI). As a result, it was found that the mean home ranges were MCP 100% 6.63±7.96 ha, MCP 95% 5.47±6.44 ha, and KDE 50% 4.43±5.87 ha. It was also found that the males (11.16±9.69 ha, MCP 100%) had wider home ranges than the females (2.11±1.76 ha, MCP 100%). In addition, during the non-winter season, males had a wider home range, including the home ranges of several females, and other overlapping home ranges were observed. In the winter season, the home ranges (0.15±0.47 ha, MCP 100%) became much smaller than in the non-winter season (9.88±6.90 ha, MCP 100%), and no overlap of the home ranges was observed.

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