scholarly journals Late winter and early spring home range and habitat use of the endangered Carolina northern flying squirrel in western North Carolina

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
WM Ford ◽  
CA Kelly ◽  
JL Rodrigue ◽  
RH Odom ◽  
D Newcomb ◽  
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Oryx ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 204-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Menzel ◽  
W. Mark Ford ◽  
John W. Edwards ◽  
Tamara M. Terry

The Virginia northern flying squirrel Glaucomys sabrinus fuscus is a Vulnerable sciurid that has experienced a 90% reduction of suitable high elevation boreal montane forest habitat over the last century in the central Appalachians of West Virginia and Virginia, USA. Using radiotelemetry and GIS analyses we examined the species' home range size and habitat use in the Monongahela National Forest, Kumbrabow State Forest and the MeadWestvaco Ecosystem Research Forest in West Virginia during the summers of 2000–2003. The mean home range sizes of male and female squirrels were 54.2 and 15.3 ha, respectively, based on the adaptive kernel method. Euclidean distance analysis indicated the squirrels used spruce, mixed spruce-northern hardwood, and open habitats more than was available across the landscape. Selection of spruce and mixed spruce-northern hardwood habitats indicates that forest management activities designed to restore and increase these types in the central Appalachian landscape are required to conserve and increase this Vulnerable species.


Waterbirds ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda A. Haverland ◽  
M. Clay Green ◽  
Floyd Weckerly ◽  
Jennifer K. Wilson

Animals ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 1378
Author(s):  
Jong-U. Kim ◽  
Jun-Soo Kim ◽  
Jong-Hoon Jeon ◽  
Woo-Shin Lee

Conservation measures or management guidelines must be based on species’ ecological data. The home range of the target species was studied to understand its spatial ecology, in order to protect it. The Siberian flying squirrel is the only flying squirrel species present and is considered as a protected species in South Korea. In this study, we investigated the home range, habitat use, and daily movement of Siberian flying squirrels from February 2015 to June 2016 at Mt. Baekwoon, Gangwon Province, South Korea. We tracked 21 flying squirrels using radio transmitters and analyzed the home range of 12 individuals. Flying squirrels appeared to have an overall mean home range of 18.92 ± 14.80 ha with a core area of 3.54 ha ± 3.88 ha. Movement activity peaked between 18:00–19:00 with the longest distance traveled, coinciding with sunset. In addition, we observed the preference of Siberian flying squirrels to the old deciduous forest with dense crowns. The results of the present study indicate that it is important to manage their habitat; for instance, preserving an appropriate size of mature deciduous forest is essential for Siberian flying squirrels. While our study provides needed baseline information on the spatial activity of the species, further research on topics such as the national distribution, behavior, and population dynamics of Siberian flying squirrels is needed in South Korea.


Planta Medica ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 78 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
J Clement ◽  
J Torgerson ◽  
P Looney ◽  
S Faulkner ◽  
L DeWald

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Fox ◽  
Bill Jackson ◽  
Sarah Jackson ◽  
Gary Kauffmann ◽  
Mary Carol Koester ◽  
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