- Title
- Large area used by squirrel gliders in an urban area, uncovered using GPS telemetry
- Creator
- Meyer, Ninon F. V.; King, John-Paul; Mahony, Michael; Clulow, John; Beranek, Chad; Reedman, Callum; Balkenhol, Niko; Hayward, Matt W.
- Relation
- Ecology and Evolution Vol. 11, Issue 12, p. 7147-7153
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.7644
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- The squirrel glider (Petaurus norfolcensis) 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.
- Subject
- autocorrelated kernel density estimator; marsupial; movement; Petaurus norfolcensis; spatial ecology; SDG 15; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1473416
- Identifier
- uon:49009
- Identifier
- ISSN:2045-7758
- Rights
- © 2021 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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