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DOI10.1007/BF03193168
Annual use of water sources by reintroduced Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis canadensis: effects of season and drought
Whiting, Jericho C.1; Bowyer, R. Terry2; Flinders, Jerran T.3
通讯作者Whiting, Jericho C.
来源期刊ACTA THERIOLOGICA
ISSN0001-7051
出版年2009
卷号54期号:2页码:127-136
英文摘要

Water sources are important for the conservation and management of bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis (Shaw, 1804). Little is known, however, regarding the use of water by reintroduced Rocky Mountain bighorns O. c. canadensis (Shaw, 1804). Our purpose was to quantify use of water sources by bighorns to test hypotheses related to the value of these sites on Antelope Island, Utah, USA, from July 2005 to December 2006. We predicted that bighorns would increase the number and duration of visits to water during summer. Moreover, we predicted that animals would visit and spend more time at water during drought. Our results indicate that bighorns visited and spent more time around water in summer. These animals, however, did not visit and spend more time at water during drought. Nevertheless, use of water sources increased during times of similar precipitation that followed drought, indicating a potential time-lag in water use by bighorns. Our results underscore the importance of water for reintroduced bighorns in the deserts of western USA, and indicate that animals congregate in riparian areas near water and thereby may facilitate the spreading of diseases and parasites.


英文关键词Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Great Basin motion-sensor cameras reintroduction water
类型Article
语种英语
国家USA
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000265263500003
WOS关键词NATIONAL-WILDLIFE-REFUGE ; SOUTHERN MULE DEER ; SEXUAL SEGREGATION ; HABITAT USE ; DESERT ; CALIFORNIA ; ARIZONA ; TRANSLOCATIONS ; CONSERVATION ; RESTORATION
WOS类目Zoology
WOS研究方向Zoology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/159492
作者单位1.Idaho State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Pocatello, ID 83209 USA;
2.Idaho State Univ, Dept Biol Sci, Pocatello, ID 83209 USA;
3.Brigham Young Univ, Dept Plant & Wildlife Sci, Provo, UT 84602 USA
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Whiting, Jericho C.,Bowyer, R. Terry,Flinders, Jerran T.. Annual use of water sources by reintroduced Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis canadensis: effects of season and drought[J],2009,54(2):127-136.
APA Whiting, Jericho C.,Bowyer, R. Terry,&Flinders, Jerran T..(2009).Annual use of water sources by reintroduced Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis canadensis: effects of season and drought.ACTA THERIOLOGICA,54(2),127-136.
MLA Whiting, Jericho C.,et al."Annual use of water sources by reintroduced Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep Ovis canadensis canadensis: effects of season and drought".ACTA THERIOLOGICA 54.2(2009):127-136.
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