Living on the edge: Space use of Eurasian red squirrels in marginal high-elevation habitat

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 604-610

  Romeo, Claudia ^a   Wauters, Lucas A ^a   Preatoni, Damiano ^a   Tosi, Guido ^a   Martinoli, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Core area; Distribution edge; Home range; Marginal habitat; Pine forests; Sciurus vulgaris; Social organization

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MONTANE FOREST; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RODENT; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPACE USE; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; PINUS MUGO; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS VULGARIS;

EID: 78649788851     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2010.09.005     Document Type: Article

References (67)

1. Adams E.S. Approaches to the study of territory size and shape. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 2001, 32:277-303.
2. Badyaev A.V., Ghalambor C.K. Evolution of life histories along elevational gradients: trade off between parental care and fecundity. Ecology 2001, 82:2948-2960.
3. Bond M.L., Wolff J.O. Does access to females or competition among males limit male home range size in a promiscuous rodent?. Journal of Mammalogy 1999, 80:1243-1250.
4. Boutin S., Wauters L.A., McAdam A.G., Humphries M.M., Tosi G., Dhondt A.A. Anticipatory reproduction and population growth in seed predators. Science 2006, 314:1928-1930.
5. Carpenter F.L., MacMillen R.E. Threshold model of feeding territoriality and test with a Hawaiian honeycreeper. Science 1976, 194:639-642.
6. Case T.J., Taper M.L. Interspecific competition, environmental gradients, gene flow, and the coevolution of species' borders. The American Naturalist 2000, 155:583-605.
7. Caudron A.K., Joiris C.R., Ruwet J.-C. Comparative activity budget among grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) breeding colonies - the importance of marginal populations. Mammalia 2001, 65:373-382.
8. Dias P.C. Sources and sinks in population biology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 1996, 11:326-330.
9. Di Pierro E., Molinari A., Tosi G., Wauters L.A. Exclusive core areas and intrasexual territoriality in Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) revealed by incremental cluster polygon analysis. Ecological Research 2008, 23:529-542.
10. Erlinge S., Hoogenboom I., Agrell J., Nelson J., Sandell M. Density-related home range size and overlap in adult field voles (Microtus agrestis) in southern Sweden. Journal of Mammalogy 1990, 71:597-603.
11. Ferguson S.H., McLoughlin P.D. Effect of energy availability, seasonality and geographic range on brown bear life history. Ecography 2000, 23:193-200.
12. Fortier G.M., Tamarin R.H. Movement of meadow voles in response to food and density manipulations: a test of the food-defense and pup-defense hypotheses. Journal of Mammalogy 1998, 79:337-345.
13. García J.T., Arroyo B.E. Abiotic factors influencing reproduction in the centre and periphery of breeding ranges: a comparative analysis in sympatric harriers. Ecography 2001, 24:393-402.
14. Garcia-Ramos G., Kirkpatrick M. Genetic models of adaptation and gene flow in peripheral populations. Evolution 1997, 51:21-28.
15. Gonzalez-Megias A., Gomez J.M., Sanchez-Pinero F. Regional dynamics of a patchily distributed herbivore along an altitudinal gradient. Ecological Entomology 2005, 30:706-713.
16. Hannon S.J., Mumme R.L., Koenig W.D., Spon S., Pitelka F.A. Poor acorn crop, dominance and decline in numbers of acorn woodpeckers. Journal of Animal Ecology 1987, 56:197-207.
17. Hemson G., Johnson P., South A., Kenward R., Ripley R., Macdonald D. Are kernels the mustard? Data from global positioning system (GPS) collars suggests problems for kernel home range analyses with least-squares cross-validation. Journal of Animal Ecology 2005, 74:455-463.
18. Herfindal I., Linnell J.D.C., Odden J., Nilsen E.B., Andersen R. Prey density, environmental productivity and home range size in the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). Journal of Zoology 2005, 265:63-71.
19. Hixon M.A. Food production and competitor density as the determinants of feeding territory size. The American Naturalist 1980, 115:510-530.
20. Kawecki T.J. Adaptation to marginal habitats. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 2008, 39:321-342.
21. Kenward R.E., Hodder K.H., Rose R.J., Walls C.A., Parish T., Holm J.L., Morris P.A., Walls S.S., Doyle F.I. Comparative demography of red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) and grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis) in deciduous and conifer woodland. Journal of Zoology 1998, 244:7-21.
22. Kenward R.E., South A.B., Walls S.S. Ranges 6 1.2: For the Analysis of Tracking and Location Data 2003, Anatrack Ltd., Wareham, UK.
23. Kerr G.D., Bull C.M. Exclusive core areas in overlapping ranges of the sleepy lizard, Tiliqua rugosa. Behavioral Ecology 2006, 17:380-391.
24. Kirkpatrick M., Barton N.H. Evolution of a species' range. The American Naturalist 1997, 150:1-23.
25. Kjellander P., Hewison A.J.M., Liberg O., Angibault J.-M., Bideau E., Cargnelutti B. Experimental evidence for density-dependence of home range size in roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.): a comparison of two long-term studies. Oecologia 2004, 139:478-485.
26. Kodric-Brown A., Brown J.H. Influence of economics, interspecific competition, and sexual dimorphism on territoriality of migrant rufous hummingbirds. Ecology 1978, 59:285-296.
27. Lurz P.W.W., Garson P.J., Wauters L.A. Effects of temporal and spatial variations in food supply on the space and habitat use of red squirrels, (Sciurus vulgaris L.). Journal of Zoology 2000, 251:167-178.
28. Lurz P.W.W., Gurnell J., Magris L. Sciurus vulgaris. Mammalian species 2005, 769. American Society of Mammalogists.
29. Maher C.R. Pronghorn male spatial organization: population differences in degree of non territoriality. Canadian Journal of Zoology 1994, 72:455-464.
30. Maher C.R., Lott D.F. A review of ecological determinants of territoriality within vertebrate species. The American Midland Naturalist 2000, 143:1-29.
31. Manier M.K., Arnold S.J. Population genetic analysis identifies source-sink dynamics for two sympatric garter snake species (Thamnophis elegans and Thamnophis sirtalis). Molecular Ecology 2005, 14:3965-3976.
32. McLoughlin P.D., Ferguson S.H., Messier F. Intraspecific variation in home range overlap with habitat quality: a comparison among brown bear populations. Evoutionary Ecology 2000, 14:39-60.
33. Mehlman P.T. Comparative density, demography, and ranging behavior of Barbary macaques (Macaca sylvanus) in marginal and prime conifer habitats. International Journal of Primatology 1989, 10:269-292.
34. Millar J.S., Innes D.G. Breeding by Peromyscus maniculatus over an elevational gradient. Canadian Journal of Zoology 1985, 63:124-129.
35. Parmesan C. Ecological and evolutionary responses to recent climate change. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 2006, 37:637-669.
36. Revilla E., Palomares F. Spatial organization, group living and ecological correlates in low-density populations of Eurasian badgers, Meles meles. Journal of Animal Ecology 2002, 71:497-512.
37. Rodrigues D., Wauters L.A., Romeo C., Mari V., Preatoni D., Mathias Mda L., Tosi G., Martinoli A. Living on the edge: can Eurasian red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) persist in extreme high-elevation habitats?. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research 2010, 42:106-112.
38. Sagarin R.D., Gaines S.D., Gaylord B. Moving beyond assumptions to understand abundance distributions across the ranges of species. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 2006, 21:524-530.
39. Salmaso F., Molinari A., Di Pierro E., Ghisla A., Martinoli A., Preatoni D., Cerabolini B., Tosi G., Bertolino S., Wauters L.A. Estimating and comparing food availability for tree-seed predators in typical pulsed-resource systems: alpine conifer forest. Plant Biosystems 2009, 143:258-267.
40. Seaman D.E., Powell R.A. An evaluation of the accuracy of kernel density estimators for home range analysis. Ecology 1996, 77:2075-2085.
41. Simon C.A. The influence of food abundance on territory size in the iguanid lizard Sceloporus jarrovi. Ecology 1975, 56:993-998.
42. Smith A.T. The distribution and dispersal of pikas: influences of behavior and climate. Ecology 1974, 55:1368-1376.
43. Sound P., Veith M. Weather effects on intra habitat movements of the western green lizard, Lacerta bilineata (Daudin, 1802), at its northern distribution range border: a radio-tracking study. Canadian Journal of Zoology 2000, 78:1831-1839.
44. Spencer A.W., Steinhoff H.W. An explanation of geographic variation in litter size. Journal of Mammalogy 1968, 49:281-286.
45. Steury T.D., Murray D.L. Causes and consequences of individual variation in territory size in the American red squirrel. Oikos 2003, 101:147-156.
46. Sunde P., Overskaug K., Bolstad J.P., Øien I.J. Living at the limit: ecology and behaviour of tawny owls (Strix aluco) in a northern edge population in central Norway. Ardea 2001, 89:495-508.
47. Swihart R.K., Slade N.A. Influence of sampling interval on estimates of home range size. The Journal of Wildlife Management 1985, 49:1019-1025.
48. Taitt M.J., Krebs C.J. The effect of extra food on small rodent population: II. Voles (Microtus townsendii). Journal of Animal Ecology 1981, 50:125-137.
49. Thomas C.D., Bodsworth E.J., Wilson R.J., Simmons A.D., Davies Z.G., Musche M., Conradt L. Ecological and evolutionary processes at expanding range margins. Nature 2001, 414:577-581.
50. Tufto J., Reidar A., Linnell J. Habitat use and ecological correlates of home range size in a small cervid: the roe deer. Journal of Animal Ecology 1996, 65:715-724.
51. Verbeke G., Molenberghs G. Linear Mixed Models for Longitudinal Data 2000, Springer Series in Statistics, Springer, New York.
52. Vucetich J.A., Waite T.A. Spatial patterns of demography and genetic processes across the species' range: null hypotheses for landscape conservation genetics. Conservation Genetics 2003, 4:639-645.
53. Wauters L.A. Squirrels - medium-sized granivores in woodland habitats. Activity Patterns in Small Mammals: A Comparative Ecological Approach 2000, 131-143. Springer, Berlin, Ecological Studies 141. S. Halle, N.C. Stenseth (Eds.).
54. Wauters L.A., Bertolino S., Adamo M., Van Dongen S., Tosi G. Food shortage disrupts social organization: the case of red squirrels in conifer forests. Evolutionary Ecology 2005, 19:375-404.
55. Wauters L.A., Dhondt A.A. Body weight, longevity and reproductive success in red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris). Journal of Animal Ecology 1989, 58:637-651.
56. Wauters L.A., Dhondt A.A. Spacing behaviour of red squirrels, Sciurus vulgaris: variation between habitats and the sexes. Animal Behaviour 1992, 43:297-311.
57. Wauters L.A., Dhondt A.A. Lifetime reproductive success and its correlates in female Eurasian red squirrels. Oikos 1995, 72:402-410.
58. Wauters L.A., Dhondt A.A. Variation in spacing behavior of Eurasian red squirrels, Sciurus vulgaris in winter: effects of density and food abundance. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Tree Squirrels 1998, 71-77. Special Publication of the Virginia Museum of Natural History 6. M.A. Steele, J.F. Meritt, D.A. Zegers (Eds.).
59. Wauters L.A., Dhondt A.A., De Vos R. Factors affecting male mating success in red squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris). Ethology, Ecology & Evolution 1990, 2:195-204.
60. Wauters L.A., Ghitiru M., Bertolino S., Molinari A., Tosi G., Lens L. Demography of alpine red squirrel populations in relation to fluctuations in seed-crop size. Ecography 2008, 31:104-114.
61. Wauters L.A., Gurnell J., Preatoni D., Tosi G. Effects of spatial variation in food availability on spacing behaviour and demography of Eurasian red squirrels. Ecography 2001, 24:525-538.
62. Wauters L.A., Lens L. Effects of food availability and density on red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) reproduction. Ecology 1995, 76:2460-2469.
63. Wauters L.A., Matthysen E., Adriaensen F., Tosi G. Within sex-density dependence and population dynamics of red squirrels Sciurus vulgaris. Journal of Animal Ecology 2004, 73:11-25.
64. Wauters L.A., Preatoni D., Molinari A., Tosi G. Radio-tracking squirrels: performance of home range density and linkage estimators with small range and sample size. Ecological Modelling 2007, 202:333-344.
65. Wiens J.J., Graham C.H. Niche conservatism: integrating evolution, ecology, and conservation biology. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics 2005, 36:519-539.
66. Zammuto R.M., Millar J.S. Life histories of ground squirrels over a climatic gradient. Ecology 1985, 66:1784-1794.
67. Zong C., Wauters L.A., Van Dongen S., Mari V., Romeo C., Martinoli A., Preatoni D., Tosi G. Annual variation in predation and dispersal of Arolla pine (Pinus cembra L.) seeds by Eurasian red squirrels and other seed-eaters. Forest Ecology and Management 2010, 260:587-594.