Movements and habitat selection by wild dogs in eastern Victoria

摘要: To investigate movements and habitat selection by wild dogs we attached satellite-linked global positioning system (GPS) units to nine (Canis lupus dingo Canis familiaris) captured in eastern Victoria summer 2007. Units estimated locations at 30-min intervals for the first six months then 480-min more months. DNA testing revealed all these be related. Home ranges of males were almost three times larger than those females (males: 124.3 km2 ± 56.3, n = 4; females: 45.2 km2 ± 17.3, n = 5) both sexes preferred subalpine grassland, shrub or woodland landscape home-range scales. Wild recorded often expected within 25 m roads less watercourses. displayed higher-velocity with shallow turning angles (generally forwards) that connected spatial temporal clusters comprising slower-velocity, shorter, sharper movements. One dog travelled 230 km 9 days before returning its home range another 105 km 87 days. The sizes reported this study are much previously south-eastern Australia. This finding, together previous studies, suggests scale which management occurs needs reconsidered.