Mesoscale movement and recursion behaviors of Namibian black rhinos.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Understanding rhino movement behavior, especially their recursive movements, holds significant promise for enhancing rhino conservation efforts, and protecting their habitats and the biodiversity they support. Here we investigate the daily, biweekly, and seasonal recursion behavior of rhinos, to aid conservation applications and increase our foundational knowledge about these important ecosystem engineers.

Methods

Using relocation data from 59 rhinos across northern Namibia and 8 years of sampling efforts, we investigated patterns in 24-h displacement at dawn, dusk, midday, and midnight to examine movement behaviors at an intermediate scale and across daily behavioral modes of foraging and resting. To understand recursion patterns across animals' short and long-te

SUBMITTER: Seidel DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6842456 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature