Home Range and Habitat Use of Red-bellied Squirrels in Planted Forest of Hongya County
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    Field observation and radio telemetry were used to study the home range and habitat use of red-bellied squirrels (Callosciurus erythraeus) in planted forest of Hongya County in Sichuan Province during March to August in 2009. The results indicated that the average home range size were 1. 90 ± 0. 59 hm2 by minimum convex polygon method,1. 06 ± 0. 19 hm2 by 95% fixed kernel method and 0. 16 ± 0. 03 hm2 by 60% fixed kernel method. The male squirrels expanded their home range significantly during the peak courtship period. The favorite habitats of the squirrels were the places with steeper slope gradient,higher shrub and liana cover, close to resident of human and water source.

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SONG Peng-Fei, CAO Xiao-Li, QI Ming-Da, REN Juan, KONG Ling-Xue, JIA Gang, GUO Cong. 2010. Home Range and Habitat Use of Red-bellied Squirrels in Planted Forest of Hongya County. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 45(4): 52-58.

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  • Received:January 04,2010
  • Revised:April 21,2010
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