Effects of Snow on Foraging Ecology and Nutrition of Bighorn Sheep

Goodson, Nike J.; Stevens, D.R.; Bailey, James A.

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“…Food availability and its distribution are the main determinants of time budgets and activity patterns of animals [Leighton and Leighton, 1983;Goodson et al, 1991]. In natural habitats, the availability of food and its distribution are subject to seasonal variation [Ganguly et al, 1964;Ding and Zhao, 2004;Riley, 2007].…”

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Effect of Provisioning on the Temporal Variation in the Activity Budget of Urban Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Ilham

Rizaldi

Nurdin

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We studied the behavioral ecology of provisioned long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, to examine how temporal changes in food provisioning within a day affect macaque activity. We conducted a field survey from October 2015 to January 2016 at two different sites: Gunung Meru (GM) and Gunung Padang (GP), where macaques receive high and low provisioning, respectively. The time budgets of macaques significantly differed between study groups. At GM, macaques spent more time resting, feeding, acting out agonistic behaviors, and less time moving and searching for food, than the macaques at GP. Diurnal activity patterns significantly changed within a day. The short-term change in activity of the macaques was closely related to the number of tourists: they spent a greater time feeding and searching when more tourists came to feed the monkeys, while time for grooming decreased. Our result showed that the ability of the macaques to adjust their activity in response to the number of tourists (that is, provisioning patterns) indicated their behavioral flexibility. Our result may aid the management strategies to reduce human-macaque conflicts, which has become a major problem in Padang.

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Effect of Provisioning on the Temporal Variation in the Activity Budget of Urban Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Ilham

Rizaldi

Nurdin

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“…Snow is important in the selection of late-winter habitats by Stone's sheep (Geist 1971;Seip and Bunnell 19856) and other North American sheep (Hoefs and Cowan 1979;Tilton and Willard 1982;Goodson et al 1991). It affects both foraging efficiency (Geist 1971;Goodson et al 1991) and energetic expenditures (Dailey and Hobbs 1989).…”

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“…It affects both foraging efficiency (Geist 1971;Goodson et al 1991) and energetic expenditures (Dailey and Hobbs 1989). Seip and Bunnell (19856) noted that Stone's sheep avoided areas once snow depths reached 30 cm, which is approximately front knee height of mountain sheep (Geist 1971).…”

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Habitat selection and behavioural strategies of Stone's sheep in northern British Columbia.

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“…For studying the feeding habits of Persian gazelle in Bamoo National Park, direct observation (Al-Hazmi & Ghandour 1992, Goodson et al 1991, Grettenberger & Newby 1986, Holechek et al 1982, Mendelssohn et al 1997, Rominger et al 1988, Saltz & Ward 2000 was used as secondary method (beside pellet-group count method).…”

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Habitat use by Persian gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa subgutturosa) in Bamoo National Park during autumn and winter

Nowzari

Rad

Hemami

2007

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RESUMENComo una especie amenazada, las poblaciones de gacela Iraní han disminuido durante las décadas pasadas. El conocimiento de la ecología de la gacela que incluye sus hábitos alimentarios y las asociaciones del habitat que utiliza son centrales para cualquier tipo de esfuerzo de conservación. La ecología de gacelas es pobremente conocida y las asociaciones del habitat de ésta y otras especies de gacelas no se han estudiado en Irán. La gacela Iraní en el habitat de 6000 ha (en el Parque Nacional de Bamoo ) se estudió durante el periodo de Otoño e Invierno. El uso del habitat fue relacionado con las comunidades de vegetación y su composición, por medio del conteo de los grupos fecales cada dos meses: de septiembre/ octubre 2004 a marzo/abril 2005, en 15 transectos permanentes de 2.5 x 200 metros que se localizaron al azar. La densidad de los grupos fecales fue muy similar en cuatro comunidades vegetales, mientras en la comunidad vegetal 1 en la que Scariola orientalis era dominante, fue significativamente menor. La densidad de gacelas está positivamente asociada con tres especies de arbustos (especie: Astragalus spp., Ebenus stellata , Achillea eriophora con P <0.01, P <0.05, P<0.05, respectivamente) y dos especies de pasto (Poa bulbosa y Aegilops umbellulata, P <0.05) y negativamente asociada con Helichrysum leucocephalum (P <0.01), Scariola orientalis (P <0.01) y Centaurea virgata (P <0.01). Las observaciones acerca de la conducta alimentaria mostraron que las gacelas consumían Bromus danthoniae y Stipa barbata durante el otoño y Astragalus spp., Poa bulbosa, Aegilops umbellulata y Bromus danthoniae durante el invierno. Palabras Clave: Uso del habitat, gacela Iraní, hábitos alimentarios, Parque Nacional de Bamoo . ABSTRACTAs a threatened species populations of Persian gazelle have been declining within the country over the last few decades. The knowledge of gazelle ecology including their feeding habits and habitat associations is central to any kind of conservation effort. The ecology of gazelles in Iran is poorly known and habitat associations of this or other species of gazelles have not been studied in Iran. Habitat use by Persian gazelle was studied over autumn-winter period in its 6000 ha habitat in Bamoo National Park. Habitat use was related to plant communities and vegetation composition by clearance transect pellet group counts carried out every 2 months from September/October 2004 to March/April 2005 using 15 randomly placed 2.5 x 200 m permanent transects. The density of pellet groups was similar in 4 out of 5 Nowzari et al.:Habitad use by persian gazelle 110 plant communities, while in plant community 1, in which Scariola orientalis was the dominant species, it was significantly lower. The density of gazelles was positively associated with three species of bushes (Astragalus spp., Ebenus stellata, Achillea eriophora, P<0.01, P<0.05, P<0.05 respectively) and two species of grass (Poa bulbosa and Aegilops umbellulata, P<0.05) and negatively associated with trichomic Helichrysum leucocephalum (P<0....

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Effects of Snow on Foraging Ecology and Nutrition of Bighorn Sheep

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Effect of Provisioning on the Temporal Variation in the Activity Budget of Urban Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Effect of Provisioning on the Temporal Variation in the Activity Budget of Urban Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in West Sumatra, Indonesia

Habitat selection and behavioural strategies of Stone's sheep in northern British Columbia.

Habitat use by Persian gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa subgutturosa) in Bamoo National Park during autumn and winter

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