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DOI	10.1186/s12983-021-00412-1
	A small neighborhood well-organized: seasonal and daily activity patterns of the community of large and mid-sized mammals around waterholes in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia
	Nasanbat, Battogtokh; Ceacero, Francisco; Ravchig, Samiya
通讯作者	Ceacero, F (corresponding author), Czech Univ Life Sci Prague, Fac Trop AgriSci, Prague, Czech Republic.
来源期刊	FRONTIERS IN ZOOLOGY
ISSN	1742-9994
出版年	2021
卷号	18 期号:1
英文摘要	Background Animal communities have complex patterns of ecological segregation at different levels according to food resources, habitats, behavior, and activity patterns. Understanding these patterns among the community is essential for the conservation of the whole ecosystem. However, these networks are difficult to study nowadays, due to anthropic disturbances and local extinctions, making it difficult to conclude if segregation patterns are natural or human-induced. We studied ecological segregation in a community of large and mid-sized mammals in the Great Gobi Desert, a remote arid area free from recent extinctions and human disturbances. Activity patterns of 10 sympatric mammal species were monitored around 6 waterholes through camera-trapping over a two-year period, and analyzed them primarily through circular statistics. Results Complex patterns of spatial, seasonal, and daily segregation were found. Overlap in seasonal activity was detected in only 3 of the 45 possible pairs of species. Four species used the waterholes all-year-round, while others peaked their activity during different periods. The Bactrian camel showed continuous daily activity, the grey wolf had bimodal activity, and the argali and Siberian ibex were diurnal, while the others had nocturnal peaks during different hours. Daily and spatial overlap were both detected in only 6 of the 45 pairs. Only one species pair (snow leopard and Eurasian lynx) showed an overlap at two levels: seasonal and daily. Climate and moon phase significantly affected the activity of certain species. Conclusions Altogether, the results showed complex patterns of ecological segregation at different levels in the use of the key resource in arid environments: waterholes. These results are important for understanding the biology of these species under natural conditions, as well as potential changes in altered ecosystems, and may help to design conservation strategies.
英文关键词	Activity overlap Arid environments Camera-trapping Ecological segregation Resource competition Waterholes
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000656209500003
WOS关键词	WILD BACTRIAN CAMELS ; PREDATION RISK ; WATERING SITES ; MOONLIGHT ; TRAP ; INVENTORY ; MOVEMENTS ; MORTALITY ; RESPONSES ; FOREST
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/2XILL650/350341
作者单位	[Nasanbat, Battogtokh; Ceacero, Francisco] Czech Univ Life Sci Prague, Fac Trop AgriSci, Prague, Czech Republic; [Nasanbat, Battogtokh] Mongolian Acad Sci, Inst Biol, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; [Nasanbat, Battogtokh; Ravchig, Samiya] Natl Univ Mongolia, Sch Arts & Sci, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Nasanbat, Battogtokh,Ceacero, Francisco,Ravchig, Samiya. A small neighborhood well-organized: seasonal and daily activity patterns of the community of large and mid-sized mammals around waterholes in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia[J],2021,18(1).
APA	Nasanbat, Battogtokh,Ceacero, Francisco,&Ravchig, Samiya.(2021).A small neighborhood well-organized: seasonal and daily activity patterns of the community of large and mid-sized mammals around waterholes in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia.FRONTIERS IN ZOOLOGY,18(1).
MLA	Nasanbat, Battogtokh,et al."A small neighborhood well-organized: seasonal and daily activity patterns of the community of large and mid-sized mammals around waterholes in the Gobi Desert, Mongolia".FRONTIERS IN ZOOLOGY 18.1(2021).