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Wintering Habitat Use of white-naped Cranes Grus vipio in Han River Estuary, Korea  

Kang, Tae-Han (Korea Institute of Environment Ecology)
Yoo, Seung-Hwa (Korea Institute of Environment Ecology)
Kim, Hwa-Jung (National Institute of Biological Resources)
Lee, Ki-Sup (Korea Institute of Environment Ecology)
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Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology / v.23, no.3, 2009 , pp. 250-257 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to investigate the habitat use of White-naped Cranes Grus vipio in Han river estuary during the wintering period from 2006 to 2008 (October$\sim$March). The average numbers of wintering White-naped Cranes were 106.6$\pm$21.7 (Mean$\pm$SD) individuals, and the highest number of 140 individuals were recorded in the early January, 2008. The wintering habitat use of White-naped Cranes between rice field and mudflat was not significantly different (Mann-Whitney test. p=0.40) during the wintering period. However, White-naped Cranes spent more time on the rice field in the early winter (p<0.01), and on the mudflat in the late winter(p<0.01). There was not a difference of the habitat use rate on middle winter. White-naped cranes used four different sites of rice field: Hongdopyoung, Pyoungdong, Ihwadong and Janghang rice fields. Among them, Hongdopyoung was the main foraging site. There was significant differences of habitat use ratio in the early and mid winter ((Kruskal-wallis test. p<0.01). White-naped Cranes used mudflat area from Gimpo Daegyo to Nusanri of Han river estuary. Especially, they preferred four sites from Gimpo Daegyo to Ilsan Daegyo more than the other sites. Habitat use rate of mud flats were significantly different among each site during the wintering period (Kruskal-wallis test. p<0.01)
Keywords
WINTERING PERIOD; HABITAT USE RATE; RICE FIELD; MUD FLAT;
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