Ecology and landscape use Roo Campbell • Habitat use • Home range sizes • Activity patterns • Den / rest sites Photo: Harry Harrington
African wildcat (aka Savannah cat) European wildcat (aka Forest cat) Photo: Neil Anderson
Roe deer extinct Capercaillie (England and Wales) extinct Red squirrel Forest cover in near extinct Britain 1600 1650 1700 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 Year 3 Langley & Yalden (1977), Mamm. Rev . 7:95-116
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Mean speed (m/s) Rainfall (mm) within 5 hours
7.88km 2 7.90km 2 4.36km 2 17.19km 2 1.04km 2 2.77km 2
Mean home range area (95% MCP): Males 11.9km ± 2.3 SD Females 2.8km ± 2.4 SD Jerosch et al. 2017. Mammalian Biology. 82:8-16
25 95% monthly HR (Km2) 20 15 10 5 0 Dec - Jan Jan - Feb Feb - Mar Mar - Apr Male (km 2 ) Female (km 2 ) Study Comment Corbett 1979 (Glen Tanar) 1.76 1.75 Scott et al. 1992 (Ardnamurchan) 14.67 8.50 Daniels et al. 2001 (Angus) 4.59 1.77 Monthly 100% HR Campbell 2015 (Strathbogie) 1.04 - 17.19 2.77 - 7.90 95% Campbell 2015 (Morvern) 8.98 95%, one cat Biro 2004 (Hungary) 4.74 - 8.38 2.04 - 8.60 95% Potocnik et al. 2005 (Slovenia) 8.95 - 18.76 2.64 - 12.75 95% Saramento et al. 2006 (Portugal) 2.89 95% Germain et al. 2008 (France) 3.48 - 4.04 0.76 - 3.58 95% Monterosso et al. 2009 (Portugal) 13.71 2.40 - 2.75 95% Jerosch et al. 2017 (Germany) 9.63 - 14.48 1.27 - 6.23 95% Approx. mid-point 8.90 5.07
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Distance to habitat edge Rest sites Available Number of Cat Mean (m) SD Mean (m) SD sites fixes fixes/site GO 13 10 98 84 6 612 102 GE 10 10 57 50 9 2373 264 MORB 6 10 51 57 13 3116 240 SBOCA 18 43 77 79 34 12282 361 Mean 12 18 71 68 16 4596 242 Habitat type at rest sites Other Grassland Farm Wind- Cat Conifer Broadleaf Gorse shrub building throw GO 0.76 0.09 0.15 0 0 0 0 GE 0 0.42 0.38 0.07 0.13 0 0 MORB 0.05 0.37 0 0.28 0.11 0.14 0.06 SBOCA 0.77 0 0.03 0.06 0.1 0 0.04 Mean 0.40 0.22 0.14 0.10 0.09 0.04 0.03
Main points: • Habitat edges most used • Open grassland habitats used less if far from cover • Moorland used little (in winter) • Range size varies with sex, season and prey availability, usually >2km 2 • Den locations match general habitat use except less often in open habitat • Dens can be in many different structures
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