Temporal and Spatial Activity Patterns of Sympatric Wild Ungulates in Qinling Mountains, China.

ABSTRACT: Dramatic increases in populations of wild ungulates have brought a new ecological issue in the Qinling mountains. Information on species' niche differentiation will contribute to a greater understanding of the mechanisms of coexistence, so as to ultimately benefit the conservation and management of ecological communities. In this study, camera trapping was used to investigate spatial and temporal activity patterns of sympatric wild ungulates in the Qinling Mountains of China, where top predators were virtually absent. We obtained 15,584 independent detections of seven wild ungulate species during 93,606 camera-trap days from April 2014 to October 2017. Results showed that (i) the capture rate differed significantly across species, with the capture rate of reeve muntjac being significantly

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264793 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature