A case study of estimating the home range of a nonindigenous species, the masked palm civet, in a rural landscape in Shonai region, Yamagata.
2020 Volume 33 Pages 15-20
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2020 Volume 33 Pages 15-20
In this study, we radio-tracked four masked palm civets from summer to autumn and estimated their home range size in a rural landscape of the Shonai region, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan. By field survey, we obtained location data for three male civets (19, 213, and 166 points) and one female (61 points). The home range size was 27 to 303 ha and 79 to 329 ha based on the 100% maximum convex polygon (MCP100) and the 95% fixed kernel method (FK95), respectively. These home range sizes may fall between the home range sizes of masked palm civets inhabiting forests and peri-urban landscapes.
