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Niche Relationships of Carnivores in a Subtropical Primary Forest in Southern Taiwan

CHIANG, Po-Jen; Kurtis Jai-Chyi PEI; Michael VAUGHAN a Ching-Feng LI

Základní údaje

Originální název

Niche Relationships of Carnivores in a Subtropical Primary Forest in Southern Taiwan

Autoři

CHIANG, Po-Jen (158 Tchaj-wan); Kurtis Jai-Chyi PEI (158 Tchaj-wan); Michael VAUGHAN (840 Spojené státy) a Ching-Feng LI (158 Tchaj-wan, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Zoological Studies, Taiwan, Academia Sinica, 2012, 1021-5506

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

Zoologie

Stát vydavatele

Čína

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/12:00062013

Organizace

Přírodovědecká fakulta – Masarykova univerzita – Repozitář

UT WoS

000306879200008

Klíčová slova anglicky

Activity pattern; Complementary resource use; Niche segregation; Sympatric carnivores
Změněno: 1. 9. 2020 13:27, RNDr. Daniel Jakubík

Anotace

V originále

Carnivores are at the higher trophic levels and have garnered much attention in conservation and management efforts. In this study, we attempted to understand resource partitioning among sympatric carnivores existing in a primary forest with minimal human disturbance in southern Taiwan by camera trapping after the disappearance of the top carnivore, the clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa). Niche relationships were studied in terms of habitat, diet, and time dimensions. Six carnivore species were recorded, but the Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus formosanus) was very rare. Canonical correspondence analysis of photographic rates and habitat factors of the other 5 carnivores showed that elevation was the strongest factor explaining the composition of the carnivore community in the habitat dimension. Carnivores could be divided into 3 groups. The low- to mid-elevation group consisted of the gem-faced palm civet (Paguma larvata taivana) and crab-eating mongoose (Herpestes urva formosanus) which had contrasting activity patterns and different diets; the mid- to high-elevation group consisted of yellow-throated marten (Martes flavigula chrysospila) and Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica taivana). These 2 mustelids had similar diets, but Siberian weasels tended to avoid yellow-throated martens temporally. The Formosan ferret badger (Melogale moschata subaurantiaca) was more widely distributed along the elevational gradient. Ferret badgers partitioned resource use in either diet, activity patterns, or other habitat gradients from the other carnivores. Niche segregation and complementary resource use were observed in these 5 carnivores.
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