New data on mortality, home range, and dispersal of red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) released in a mountain range

作者：Duarte Jess^*; Angel Farfan Miguel; Mario Vargas J

来源：European Journal of Wildlife Research, 2011, 57(3): 675-678.

DOI：10.1007/s10344-010-0467-9

• Partridge
• Restocking action
• Success
• Survival
• Territory size

We tested the success, dispersal, and home range of 20 radio-tagged farm-reared red-legged partridges that were released into typical Mediterranean scrubland on a coastal mountain in southern Spain. Partridges were kept in two acclimatization pens separated by 1 km for 4 weeks. Mortality was 25% during the first 10 days, 51.9% at the end of the second month, and stopped by the 14th week after release. The overall survival rate was 20.6%. Mean dispersal distance was 832 m; home range (MPC 95%), 16.6 ha; and activity centers (Kernel 60%), 15.1 ha. Two released females paired with wild males and one of them successfully nested.

• 出版日期2011-6