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Home range shift in female Siberian flying squirrels with deforestation
2018 Volume 43 Pages 31-35
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2018 Volume 43 Pages 31-35
We investigated the effect of forest area decrease on the home range of the Siberian flying squirrel Pteromys volans in an urban forest stand in Hokkaido, Japan. Two females each were radio-tracked before and after the deforestation. Home range was 2.7 ha before alteration for both squirrels, and 1.4ha and 1.9ha after alteration. Home ranges of the two squirrels overlapped. After the deforestation, Siberian flying squirrels also used the forest area (windbreak forest and riparian forest) which had not been used by flying squirrels.
