Factors modulating home range and resource use: a case study with Canarian houbara bustards.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The home range of an animal is determined by its ecological requirements, and these may vary depending on many intrinsic and extrinsic factors, which are ultimately driven by food resources. Investigating the effects of these factors, and specifically how individuals use food resources within their home ranges is essential to understand the ecology and dynamics of animal populations, and to establish conservation measures in the case of endangered species. Here, we investigate these questions in the Canarian houbara bustard, an endangered subspecies of African houbara endemic to the Canary Islands.

Methods

We analysed GPS locations of 43 houbaras in 2018-2021, using solar GSM/GPRS loggers provided with accelerometers. We assessed (1) the variation in their home ra

SUBMITTER: Abril-Colon I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9664789 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature