%0 Journal Article %A LIU Wei %A QIAO Jianfang %A XIA Canjun %A XU Wenxuan %A YANG Weikang %T Diurnal behavioral time budgets of the Goitered gazelle across seasons in the Kalamaili Mountain Ungulate Nature Reserve,Xinjiang %D 2010 %R %J ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA %P 144-150 %V 30 %N 2 %X The diurnal behaviors (including foraging,moving,vigilance,resting,and others)of Goitered Gazelles Gazella
subgutturosa
sairensis were observed and the diurnal behavioral time budgets were studied by focal-sampling in the Kalamaili Mountain Nature Reserve from November 2007 to October 2008. A total of 319.5 hours worth of data were collected. The results show that in spring,female spent 67.5% of their time in foraging,2.5% in moving,2.7% in vigilance,25.9% in resting,1.4% others;males (63.5% 、3.4% 、4.3% 、27.5% 、1.3% ). In summer (female:43.7% 、7.7%、5.6%、42.1% 、1.0% ;male:51.9%、1.7%、3.1% 、41.4% 、1.9% ). In fall (female:66.3% 、5.1% 、4.3% 、23.6%、0.7% ;male:68.9% 、6.0% 、4.2%、20.7%、0.3%). In winter (female:68.0% 、5.0% 、7.0% 、19.6%、0.4%;male:29.6% 、20. 6% 、19.2% 、29.3% 、1.3% ). We used Chi-square tests to evaluate differences in the diurnal behaviors of females and males in each season. Mann-Whitney U tests were used to compare the differences of time budgets between females and males in each season. One-way ANOVA was used to compare the difference of time budgets of both female and male among seasons respectively. The results indicated that all behaviors differed (P < 0. 05) for females and males
across the four seasons. In the spring and summer,the time budgets between female and male were not significantly different (P >0.05),only moving differed (P >0.05)in the fall,and the differences of all behaviors between female and male in winter were extremely significant (P < 0.05). Seasonal influences on the time budgets of both females and males were also significantly different (P < 0.05). The Goitered gazelle adapted to seasonal change or to changes in physiological conditions with different behavior time budget patterns,for example:the temperature,the sex,the moisture content condition,the pregnancy stage,the breast-feeding period and so on,to satisfy energy and the nutrition demands.
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