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Comparison of activity rhythms of sympatric Chinese ferret-badger(Melogale moschata) and crab-eating mongoose(Herpestes urva)

  • YAO Wei ,
  • WANG Guohai ,
  • LIN Jianzhong ,
  • LONG Jifeng ,
  • LI Jiaqi ,
  • ZHOU Qihai
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  • 1 Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection, Ministry of Education, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Rare and Endangered Animal Ecology, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin 541004, China;
    2 Nonggang National Nature Reserve, Chongzuo 532400, China;
    3 Nanjing Institute of Environmental Sciences, Ministry of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing 210042, China

Received date: 2020-02-19

  Online published: 2021-04-02

Abstract

Understanding wildlife activity and temporal niche partitioning is fundamental in revealing mechanisms of niche partitioning among sympatric species as well as species coexistence and community composition.Based on images collected by infrared camera traps in Nonggang National Nature Reserve between December 2016 and December 2017,we examined differences in daily activity patterns between two sympatric carnivores,the Chinese ferret-badger(Melogale moschata) and crab-eating mongoose(Herpestes urva),by kernel density estimation and coefficient of overlap to explore the time niche differentiation.The results showed that the Chinese ferret-badger was a typical nocturnal animal with two peaks in daily activity(01:00-05:00 and 21:00-24:00).The peak of ferret-badger activity during the dry season was earlier and was three hours longer in duration compared with during the rainy season.The crab-eating mongoose was strictly diurnal with a single activity peak(11:00-18:00).Compared to during the rainy season,the dry season activity peak for mongooses occurred earlier and was also longer in duration.The daily activity patterns of both species showed marked difference between seasons.The overlap index between the Chinese ferret-badgers and crab-eating mongooses during the research period was lower(Δ=0.17),and was higher in the dry season(Δ=0.22) than that in the rainy season(Δ=0.12).Therefore,we conclude that sympatric Chinese ferret-badgers and crab-eating mongooses likely decrease interspecific competition by time niche differentiation so as to coexist.

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YAO Wei , WANG Guohai , LIN Jianzhong , LONG Jifeng , LI Jiaqi , ZHOU Qihai . Comparison of activity rhythms of sympatric Chinese ferret-badger(Melogale moschata) and crab-eating mongoose(Herpestes urva)[J]. ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA, 2021 , 41(2) : 128 -135 . DOI: 10.16829/j.slxb.150382

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