An Evaluation of Several Grid Trapping Methods by Comparison with Radio Telemetry in a Home Range Study of the Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus L.)

Trevor-Deutsch, B.; Hackett, David F.

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“…Grid trapping has been used since the 1940s [Burt, 1943;Manville, 1949] to determine patterns of home range use in small mammals. Most studies of home ranges have relied heavily on the use of trap mark methods with grid trapping data, despite the fact that it has long been suspected that trap revealed home ranges differ markedly from true home ranges [Trevor-Deutsch & Hackett, 1980;Harcourt, 1987;Quin et al, 1992]. Reliance on grid trapping may be related to the considerable funds and effort required to tag animals for individual identification and to conduct follows on as many study subjects as possible in studies using radio tracking.…”

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“…Different methods of home range analysis have been demonstrated to yield different range use estimates [Trevor-Deutsch & Hackett, 1980;Quin et al, 1992]. It is unclear as to what extent the lack of concordance between the results derived from different methods of home range analysis is due to inadequate sampling.…”

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“…Most field studies of primates have relied on the minimum convex polygon method or quadrat analysis to analyze home range data, although a variety of other methods have long been used for home range studies in other mammals [Macdonald et al, 1980;Trevor-Deutsch & Hackett, 1980]. Other methods include: various normal ellipsoid home range estimating techniques, such as the Jenrich-Turner estimator; several contour methods, such as the harmonic mean method; and cluster analysis.…”

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“…Each method of home range analysis has its own advantages and disadvantages and each method meets certain study requirements. The choice of method has been shown to affect home range estimates for two non-primate mammal species [Trevor-Deutsch & Hackett, 1980;Quin et al, 1992]. A comparison of range estimates computed from tracking data for a study population of 12 sugar gliders (Petaurus breviceps) using two different methods of data analysis (the minimum convex polygon method and the harmonic mean method, 95% isopleth [Dixson & Chapman, 1980]), found that mean home range estimates derived from the latter method were, on average, 65.7% of those determined by the former method [Quin et al, 1992].…”

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“…Other methods such as the grid square method (MacDonald eta!. 1980, Trevor-Deutsch and Hackett 1980, Voigt and Tinline 1980 have also been useful in analyzing spatial data, but will not be discussed here.…”

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The Home Range: A New Nonparametric Estimation Technique

Anderson

1982

Ecology

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A new technique for estimating home range size from a sequence of independent observations of animal positions is introduced. This method describes home range in a probabilistic sense, makes no assumption about the underlying distribution, and therefore is nonparametric. The procedure is based upon an existing nonparametric technique for density estimation which uses the Fourier transform (Tarter and Kronmal 1970). A comparison is made with two commonly used methods; the minimum convex polygon method (Southwood 1966) and bivariate normal method (Jennrich and Turner 1969), as well as another recent nonparametric method developed by Ford and Krumme (1979). All these methods have certain problems, making none of them suitable for every situation. The trade—offs among these methods and some fundamental limitations of home range estimation are discussed. Evidence is given which indicates that in some situations the proposed method is preferable to earlier methods.

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Home range: A fractal approach

Loehle

1990

Landscape Ecol

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Most current methods for describing animal home range assume that it may be represented as a Euclidean type shape such as a bell shaped curve or a closed polygon. Landscape ecology has increasingly shown that ecological objects are more often highly fragmented and irregular. A fractal approach to description of animal home range was thus developed. For each point where the animal was observed, a circle centered on this point was first laid down to represent the area searched for prey by the animal during a short time interval. In this way the behavior of the animal and differences between species can be represented. Next, a fine grid is laid over the map and the height of each grid square computed by the number of circles that overlap that square. Then, the fractal dimension of the resultant 3-D surface is calculated at several scales. From an analysis of data from a hawk, the existence of perching behavior can be inferred, as well as the observation that at coarse scales the hawk behavior is self-similar and resembles a random walk. The home range thus analyzed in no way resembles a closed figure such as a polygon because it is highly fragmented. Further analysis showed that the fractal measures are relatively insensitive to sample size and to measurement error. Code is included for performing the analyses.

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An Evaluation of Several Grid Trapping Methods by Comparison with Radio Telemetry in a Home Range Study of the Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus L.)

Cited by 15 publications

References 31 publications

Spatial patterning in nocturnal prosimians: A review of methods and relevance to studies of sociality

Spatial patterning in nocturnal prosimians: A review of methods and relevance to studies of sociality

The Home Range: A New Nonparametric Estimation Technique

Home range: A fractal approach

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