Title:

Conspecific tolerance and sexual segregation in the use of space and habitats in the European polecat

Creator:

Lodé, T.

Place of publishing:

Białowieża

Date issued/created:

1996

Description:

Radiotracking of three couples of polecats Mustela putorius Linnaeus, 1758 in wetlands of western France showed that the monthly home ranges of male averaged 0.426 km2 and overlapped the females' ranges which were smaller (0.125 km). Although the distribution of polecat's localizations in the three main habitats differed significantly between the male and the female, the seasonal overlap of habitat niches (C jk) was considerable and varied from 0.727 to 0.894. The proportion of simultaneous localizations on the same square averaged 4% of monthly localizations while 96% of localizations indicated solitary activity. Also, the duration of time occuring together was short: only 1.8 days per month on average.

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

conspecific tolerance ; habitat preferences ; home range ; Mustela putorius ; sexual segregation ; space use ; Tchórz zwyczajny

Relation:

Acta Theriologica

Volume:

41

Issue:

2

Start page:

171

End page:

176

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

PDF

Resource Identifier:

10.4098/AT.arch.96-16

Source:

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Language:

eng ; Sum. eng.

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Mammal Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Mammal Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open