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arXiv:q-bio/0511028 (q-bio)
[Submitted on 16 Nov 2005 (v1), last revised 9 Mar 2006 (this version, v2)]

Title:Diffusion and Home Range Parameters for Rodents: Peromyscus maniculatus in New Mexico

Authors:G. Abramson, L. Giuggioli, V. M. Kenkre, J. W. Dragoo, R. R. Parmenter, C. A. Parmenter, T. L. Yates
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Abstract: We analyze data from a long term field project in New Mexico, consisting of repeated sessions of mark-recaptures of Peromyscus maniculatus (Rodentia: Muridae), the host and reservoir of Sin Nombre Virus (Bunyaviridae: Hantavirus). The displacements of the recaptured animals provide a means to study their movement from a statistical point of view. We extract two parameters from the data with the help of a simple model: the diffusion constant of the rodents, and the size of their home range. The short time behavior shows the motion to be approximately diffusive and the diffusion constant to be 470+/-50m^2/day. The long time behavior provides an estimation of the diameter of the rodent home ranges, with an average value of 100+/-25m. As in previous investigations directed at Zygodontomys brevicauda observations in Panama, we use a box model for home range estimation. We also use a harmonic model in the present investigation to study the sensitivity of the conclusions to the model used and find that both models lead to similar estimates.
Comments: The published paper in Ecol. Complexity has an old version of Figure 6. Here we have put the correct version of Figure 6
Subjects: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
Cite as: arXiv:q-bio/0511028 [q-bio.PE]
  (or arXiv:q-bio/0511028v2 [q-bio.PE] for this version)
  https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.q-bio/0511028
Journal reference: Ecological Complexity 3 (2006) 64-70
Related DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2005.07.001

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From: Guillermo Abramson [view email]
[v1] Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:28:38 UTC (100 KB)
[v2] Thu, 9 Mar 2006 17:47:13 UTC (83 KB)
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