Home Range Characteristics of the Released Female Milu (Père David’s Deer, Elaphurus davidianus) Population during Different Periods and Effects of Water Submersion in Dongting Lake, China
Home Range Characteristics of the Released Female Milu (Père David’s Deer, Elaphurus davidianus) Population during Different Periods and Effects of Water Submersion in Dongting Lake, China
Shuangye Wang1,2, Yunlin Zhao1,2, Zhenggang Xu2,3,*, Junzhi Chen3, Guiyan Yang3, Song Wang2 and Kangkang Jiang2
Fig. 1.
Water extraction and seasonal home range overlay analysis procedures. “MCP” represents minimum convex polygon method, “MSTI” represents maximum flooded time index.
Fig. 2.
The home range distribution of milu population in different seasons (March, 2016 to February, 2017).
Fig. 3.
The home range distribution of milu population in different water periods. The “HR-period-16” represents period in 2016, “HR-period-17” represents period in 2017.
Fig. 4.
Average yearly max-submersion time index of Dongting Lake in 2016 and 2017.
Fig. 5.
Seasonal home range and max-submersion time index of Dongting Lake.
Fig. 6.
The proportion of MSTI utilization in different periods.
June 2022
Vol. 54, Iss. 3, Pages 1001-1500
