Ecological correlates of home‐range size in spring–summer for female roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) in a deciduous woodland

摘要: Data on 22 radio-collared adult female roe deer Capreolus capreolus in the Chiz´ e forest were used to test whether their home-range size was influenced by resource availability and reproductive status. As females are income breeders invest heavily each attempt, they should be limited energetic constraints. Thus it expected that: (1) heavier have larger home ranges; (2) that decrease with increasing vegetation biomass; (3) increase effort (i.e. two fawns at heel ranges than those one fawn, which range without fawns). To these predictions, variation spring–summer homerange studied 2001 2002, using 95% kernel estimation. Results showed do not adjust response body mass or age. Home-range increased success, but magnitude of change varied over period maternal care. Finally, although decreased plant biomass (slope =− 0.11, SE = 0.065),