home range

The geographic area to which an organism normally confines its activity.

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home range

(Zoology) ecology the area in which an animal normally ranges

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home′ range`

the area in which an animal normally lives.

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home range - the area in which an animal normally ranges

home territory

range - a large tract of grassy open land on which livestock can graze; "they used to drive the cattle across the open range every spring"; "he dreamed of a home on the range"

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Our goal was to estimate home range size and habitat selection by badgers.

Space Use and Habitat Selection of American Badgers (Taxidea Taxus) in Southwestern Wisconsin

Radio-tracking was conducted to determine water vole home range sizes, daily movement distances, habitat preflerences and daily activity patterns.

Space use, habitat selection and daily activity of water voles Arvicola amphibius co-occurring with the invasive American mink Neovison vison

Before we answer that question, you must know that a deer's yearly home range is generally one square mile, or roughly 640 acres.

Buck Movement During The Fall: MANY FACTORS AFFECT DEER MOVEMENT AND HOME RANGES IN THE FALL

Given the large home ranges of individual cats-studies show that snow leopards can have a home range of up to 1, 000 km2 and travel up to 200 km in a single foray - it is fair to assume that the Karakoram range in Pakistan helps form a large wildlife corridor important for the overall genetic flow between snow leopards in Pakistan, China, and India.

GSLEP to spend US$ 19. 77 mln on protection of snow leopards in Pakistan

Given the large home ranges of individual cats-studies show that snow leopards can have a home range of up to 1,000 km2 and travel up to 200 km in a single foray -- it is fair to assume that the Karakoram range in Pakistan helps form a large wildlife corridor important for the overall genetic flow between snow leopards in Pakistan, China, and India.

GSLEP to spend US$ 19.77 mln on protection of snow leopards in Pakistan

No study has specifically investigated home range and habitat use during the critical questing and drop-off stages in the winter tick cycle, which generally spans the cusp of multiple seasons typically described in the literature.

SELECTIVE HABITAT USE BY MOOSE DURING CRITICAL PERIODS IN THE WINTER TICK LIFE CYCLE

The present study analyzed the daily travel distance, home range and group characteristics of scaly-sided merganser Mergus squamatus in Yihuang and Wuyuan counties, Jiangxi Province, China, from December 2012 to March 2013 and December 2015 to March 2016.

Home Range and Group Characteristics of Wintering Scaly-Sided Merganser Mergus squamatus in the Watershed of Poyang Lake, China

In comparison to other polar bears in this study, this bear traveled farther, moved faster, and had a much larger home range in the first year.

Long-distance movement of a female polar bear from Canada to Russia

Sex-specific habitat selection and home range size are likely to be strongly influenced by prey type and distribution, and predator avoidance.

Space use, movements, and rest site use by short-tailed weasels Mustela erminea in managed forests of western Oregon

Home range estimations from stored on board and transmitted data sets produced by GPS-telemetry in the Colombian Amazon

?Funciona el Plan B? Estimacion de rango de hogar a partir de datos almacenados en instrumentos a bordo de animales y los obtenidos a partir de telemetria satelital de GPS en el Amazonas colombiano

Another technique available for investigating felid population densities is radio telemetry, which provides significant data on home range sizes, and individual use and selection of habitats, and enables better understanding of the spatial ecology of felid species.

Home range and density of three sympatric felids in the Southern Atlantic Forest, Brazil/Area de vida e densidade de tres felideos simpatricos na Mata Atlantica do Brasil

In this study we evaluated seasonal home range and quantified habitat selection by treated landscape.

Habitat use by Abert's Squirrels (Sciurus aberti) in managed forests