What is a home range?
"that area traversed by the animal during its normal activities of food gathering, mating and caring for young. Occasional sallies outside the area, perhaps exploratory in nature, should not be considered as in part of the home range.” -Burt 1943 The most commonly cited definition is vague and does not provide a clear method for estimating the home range. So what should someone wanting to calculate home ranges do? Comments are closed.
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