Meyer Ninon F V, King John-Paul, Mahony Michael, Clulow John, Beranek Chad, Reedman Callum, Balkenhol Niko, Hayward Matt W
Conservation Science Research Group School of Environmental and Life Sciences The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW Australia.
Wildlife Sciences Faculty of Forest Sciences University of Göttingen Göttingen Germany.
Ecol Evol. 2021 May 19;11(12):7147-7153. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7644. eCollection 2021 Jun.
The squirrel glider () is a threatened, gliding marsupial that persists in fragmented landscapes despite its restricted capacity to cross large gaps. As measures to maintain and/or restore suitable habitat depend on knowledge about the species' ecological requirements, we investigated the area used by squirrel gliders in an urban area near Newcastle, Australia. Using GPS telemetry data and the autocorrelated kernel density estimator, we estimated area used to average 10.8 ha and varied from 4.6 to 15 ha, which is equal to or greater than found in previous studies that spanned longer time periods. This has implications when identifying the minimum patch size necessary for ensuring the long-term conservation of a squirrel glider population.
蜜袋鼯是一种濒危的有袋滑翔动物，尽管其跨越较大间隙的能力有限，但仍生存在破碎化的景观中。由于维持和/或恢复适宜栖息地的措施依赖于对该物种生态需求的了解，我们调查了澳大利亚纽卡斯尔附近一个城市地区蜜袋鼯的活动区域。利用GPS遥测数据和自相关核密度估计器，我们估计其活动区域平均为10.8公顷，范围在4.6至15公顷之间，这与之前跨度更长时间段的研究结果相当或更大。这对于确定确保蜜袋鼯种群长期保护所需的最小斑块大小具有重要意义。
