TY  - JOUR
A1  - Wronski, Torsten
A1  - Tiedemann, Ralph
A1  - Apio, Ann
A1  - Plath, Martin
T1  - Cover, food, competitors and individual densities within bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus female clan home ranges
N2  - We examined factors predicting female densities within the common home ranges of related females ("clans") in bushbuck Tragelaphus scriptus Pallas, 1776. In this species, each female forms an individual home range, but the home ranges of matrilineal clan members strongly overlap. We found female densities to increase in areas with high canopy cover. Moreover, individual home range sizes tended to decrease with increasing cover. Food plant availability and intruder pressure by two heterospecific competitors did not significantly affect female densities. Apparently, canopy cover is the major limited resource in this species. A possible explanation is that both adult bushbuck and - even more markedly - fawns hide from predators in dense vegetation, in particular in thicket clumps and coalescences. The study shows an effect of habitat properties (eg sufficient canopy cover) on a within-population level in bushbuck, where female densities differ even among proximate clan areas
Y1  - 2006
UR  - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/12011
ER  -