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Titre :	The influence of snow cover on home range and activity of the bush-rat (Rattus fuscipes) and the dusky antechinus (Antechinus swainsonii)
Auteurs :	Glenn M. Sanecki, Auteur ; Ken Green, Auteur ; Helen Wood, Auteur ; David Lindenmayer, Auteur ; Karen L. Sanecki, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Wildlife Research (33(6) 2006)
Article en page(s) :	489-496
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Radio-telemetry was used to investigate changes in home-range sizes and activity patterns of Rattus fuscipes and Antechinus swainsonii in a subalpine heathland at Perisher Creek, Kosciuszko National Park, southern New South Wales, in response to the accumulation of snow during the winter. We estimated home-range area for each animal during the autumn and winter using two methods, minimum convex polygon and 95% and 50% utilisation contours using the kernel method. With both methods, the home ranges of R. fuscipes and A. swainsonii were significantly smaller (P

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