Going Out to Mate: Excursion Behaviour of Female Roe Deer

Lovari, Sandro; Bartolommei, Paola; Meschi, Fiora; Pezzo, Francesco

doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.2008.01549.x

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“…With data on many fishers, one can also test hypotheses regarding why fishers travel through their home ranges as they do-hypotheses of optimal foraging, memory and energy expenditure. Likewise, testing hypotheses for why and how animals move using GPS data as tracks embedded within their landscapes can provide new knowledge about how resources shape individual animals' lives (Lovari et al 2008). Present GPS technology, however, is incapable of providing data equivalent to tracks for more than a few days in the case of small mammals and many birds.…”

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The home-range concept: are traditional estimators still relevant with modern telemetry technology?

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Matthiopoulos

Fieberg

et al. 2010

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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Recent advances in animal tracking and telemetry technology have allowed the collection of location data at an ever-increasing rate and accuracy, and these advances have been accompanied by the development of new methods of data analysis for portraying space use, home ranges and utilization distributions. New statistical approaches include data-intensive techniques such as kriging and nonlinear generalized regression models for habitat use. In addition, mechanistic home-range models, derived from models of animal movement behaviour, promise to offer new insights into how home ranges emerge as the result of specific patterns of movements by individuals in response to their environment. Traditional methods such as kernel density estimators are likely to remain popular because of their ease of use. Large datasets make it possible to apply these methods over relatively short periods of time such as weeks or months, and these estimates may be analysed using mixed effects models, offering another approach to studying temporal variation in space-use patterns.Although new technologies open new avenues in ecological research, our knowledge of why animals use space in the ways we observe will only advance by researchers using these new technologies and asking new and innovative questions about the empirical patterns they observe.

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confidence: 99%

The home-range concept: are traditional estimators still relevant with modern telemetry technology?

Kie

Matthiopoulos

Fieberg

et al. 2010

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

429

363

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“…In this respect, mobility was greater in April, when does have no offspring at heel, than in May-June, the birth period. In July and August, interfix distance increases, probably because of increased fawn mobility (Linnell et al 1998b;San José & Lovari 1998) and doe searching behaviour for a mate Liberg et al 1998;Lovari et al 2008a;Richard et al 2008). As to seasonal home range size and movement pattern, they did not differ from what has been found in other resident populations of roe deer (European ssp: Kjellander et al 2004;Lamberti et al 2004;Saïd & Servanty 2004;Saïd et al 2009;Italian ssp: Lovari & San José 1997;Melis et al 2005).…”

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“…Very little information is available on the spatial behaviour of the Italian subspecies of roe deer (e.g. San José & Lovari 1998;Melis et al 2005;Lovari et al 2008a).…”

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Ranging behaviour and reproductive rate in the threatened population of roe deer in Gargano, South Italy

Aiello

Lovari

Bocci

2013

Italian Journal of Zoology

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The ranging behaviour of Italian roe deer Capreolus capreolus italicus was studied for 2 years in a low density, "vulnerable" population (ca. 6 ind./100 ha), in an Apennine-continental forest of Southern Italy (Gargano National Park), through satellite radiotracking. The seasonal median home range size of does ranged significantly between 16 ha, in spring, and 43 ha, in the cold months. Monthly home range size of does did not change significantly in daylight, night and twilight. The reproductive success (fawns:female) of our radiotagged does was very low (0.8-1.3 vs the expected 2) in both years of study, contrasting with the normal productivity of roe does, especially when density is low.

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“…pronghorn: BYERS et al 1994). The increased movement of females may also be interpreted as matesearching behaviour when male availability is low, as observed in the white-tailed deer and roe deer (LABISKY & FRITZEN 1998;LOVARI et al 2008). However, not all female movements should be regarded as mate searching (STOPHER et al 2011).…”

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Effects of males’ presence on female behaviour during the rut

Djaković

Holand

Hovland

et al. 2014

Ethology Ecology & Evolution

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Females' dispersion during the mating season has been regarded as being determined primarily by the distribution of food resources. However, females' distribution and behaviour may also be affected by the males' availability during rut. Indeed, it is challenging to disentangle female dispersion for food from female mate choice. We present the results of female reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) behaviour in two manipulated herds during the peak week of the rut: one without males (MA) and one with males present (MP). Presence of males did not influence mean typical group size of females (MP herd: 10.14, MA herd: 11.85). However, females in the MA herd travelled longer daily distances (1.8 km) compared to females in the MP herd (1.3 km). The proportion of the time females spent feeding (~75%), walking (~16%), and standing (~8%) did not differ between the herds, whereas matingrelated behaviour was, as expected, significantly higher in the MP herd, although it accounted for only 1.4% of their observed activity. The high proportion of time spent feeding indicates that females' movement is driven primarily by maximizing forage intake. No difference in the females' somatic body weight change during rut between the two herds indicates low cost of female mating related activities during rut. Contrary to our predictions, the results showed that female reindeer behaviour during the mating season is not affected by male availability, male mating or courtship behaviour, but is primarily driven by distribution of food resources.

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Going Out to Mate: Excursion Behaviour of Female Roe Deer

Cited by 36 publications

References 44 publications

The home-range concept: are traditional estimators still relevant with modern telemetry technology?

The home-range concept: are traditional estimators still relevant with modern telemetry technology?

Ranging behaviour and reproductive rate in the threatened population of roe deer in Gargano, South Italy

Effects of males’ presence on female behaviour during the rut

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