Do alternative strategies of space use occur in male Alpine chamois?

Lovari, Sandro; Sacconi, F.; Trivellini, G.

doi:10.1080/08927014.2006.9522709

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“…Lovari et al (2006) described similar findings about habitat fidelity during the winter season. They found that the size of a chamois adult male's home range was smaller during the winter season and they went down to loweraltitude areas.…”

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“…The behaviour of these ungulates is often defined as a primary diurnal activity pattern with activity such as foraging, moving and relaxation (Pépin et al 1996). Due to the distinct types of habitats during summer and winter seasons, ungulates exhibit varying behaviour (Lovari et al 2006). Relations between the behaviour of northern and alpine ungulates and the impact of climatic factors on behaviour were shown by Weladji et al (2002), who summarised general knowledge about local climate which is important to survival (e.g., annual mortality, body mass, spatial distribution and habitat use) in these extreme environmental conditions.…”

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Relation between daytime activities and environmental conditions in Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica)

Bačkor¹

2010

Biologia

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The influence of selected ecological variables on the behaviour of the Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica) was analysed in the presented study. Both sexes including juvenile individuals were tested. In females, important correlations were found among particular activities and amount of sunshine, aspect and slope of their habitat. Females with juveniles changed sites more often, and they used a wide range of habitats with various attributes. Males had less variable activities which either corresponded to ecological factors or their solitary life strategy. The behavioural activity of males was most influenced by sunshine amount, temperature and slope of their habitat.

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Relation between daytime activities and environmental conditions in Tatra chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra tatrica)

Bačkor¹

2010

Biologia

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“…Spatial separation of the sexes in summer is not a rare event amongst ungulates, although different explanations have been put forward (for a review: RUCKSTUHL & NEUHAUS 2000). LOVARI et al (2006) suggested that, in standard years, female chamois move to lower grounds just before the rut, where the majority of males have defended territories throughout the warm season. Territorial males tend to win aggressive interactions with intruders (VON HARDENBERG et al 2000), thus they establish territories at that altitude early in the summer because of greater reproductive opportunities later on than those provided to migrant males, who follow the movements of female herds ).…”

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“…It has been suggested that the latter may have greater opportunities for mating in years with a late onset of winter, when females rut in high-altitude summer areas, whereas the former tend to monopolise matings in standard years, i.e. when snowfalls move oestrus females to lower altitudes, where these males defend territories (VON HARDENBERG et al 2000;LOVARI et al 2006).…”

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Ranging behaviour and habitat selection of Alpine chamois

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Lovari

2010

Ethology Ecology & Evolution

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Ranging behaviour and habitat selection of 23 male and 6 female adult (5-10 years old) Alpine chamois Rupicapra rupicapra (Linnaeus 1758) were monitored from February 2000 to December 2002, in an area of the Western Alps. The chamois were radio-located for a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 35 months, until failure of radio transmitters. A mean number of 13 locations/individual/month was recorded for a total of 7902 fixes. Adult males were divided in 19 residents (territorial males, with overlapping or adjacent warm and cold month ranges) and four migrants (with non-overlapping warm and cold month ranges, as well as attending higher altitude areas in the warm months). Home range and core area (kernel 95 and 50%, respectively) sizes of each individual were significantly greater in the warm (June-November) than in the cold (December-May) periods. During the warm period, home range and core area sizes significantly differed between resident (median home range: 49 ha; Q 1 -Q 3 : 31-110 ha) and migrant males (median home range: 749 ha; Q 1 -Q 3 : 539-850 ha), as well as between females (median home range: 711 ha; Q 1 -Q 3 : 388-1842 ha) and resident males. No significant difference was observed in the cold period. Home range size was not correlated to the presence of snow cover (≥ 70%). Throughout the year, nearly all chamois used south-to southeast-facing slopes. Resident males strongly preferred pastures and meadows, but four of them used alder shrublands on the north-east slope more than expected, in the warm months. Females kept nearly always at altitudes greater than those used by resident males and inhabited higher-quality areas.

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“…searching for cooler places in the warm season), snow cover and/or altitudinal shifts of respective food resources, but relevant evidence is scarce (e.g. Georgii and Schroeder, 1983;Grignolio et al, 2004;Lovari et al, 2006;Mason et al, 2014). Mountain ungulates need to increase their body reserves throughout the warm season to enhance their chance of survival during the following winter (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%