TY - JOUR
T1 - Seasonal Movements and Home Range Sizes of Korean Field Mouse Apodemus peninsulae in Unburned and Post-Fire Pine Planted Stands Within a Pine Forest
AU - Rhim, Shin-Jae AU - Lee, Woo-Shin AU - Lee, Eun Jae
JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances
VL - 11
IS - 20
SP - 3834
EP - 3839
PY - 2012
DA - 2001/08/19
SN - 1680-5593
DO - javaa.2012.3834.3839
UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.3834.3839
KW - Apodemus peninsulae
KW -korean field mouse
KW -seasonal movement
KW -telemetry
KW -pine forest
AB - The seasonal movements and home ranges of Korean field mice
Apodemus peninsulae in unburned and post-fire pine planted stands within
a pine forest were studied via the radio-tracking of 56 mice for 12 months in
South Korea. Seasonal movement distances were significantly longer in the post-fire
pine planted stand than in the unburned stand in each season and did not differ
between males and females over the 4 seasons. In both stands, the activity patterns
and duration of movement also differed significantly over the 4 seasons. Home
range sizes were largest in autumn and smallest in Winter. Seasonal home range
sizes were significantly larger in the post-fire pine planted stand than in
the unburned stand in each season. No differences in home range size between
males and females were noted in either of the experimental stands. Post-fire
silvicultural practices affect forest-floor small rodents in the early stages
after the planting of pine seedlings. Studying space use patterns over longer
time periods will provide a better sense of the long-term impacts of post-fire
silvicultural practices on small rodents within pine forests.
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