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Ranging patterns of François’ langur in a fragmented habitat in Fusui Reserve, Guangxi Province, China

  • Youbang Li , Ping Ding EMAIL logo , Chengming Huang , Pingping Jiang und Evelyn Chia
Veröffentlicht/Copyright: 16. Mai 2013
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Abstract

Studies of animal ranging patterns and the influencing ecological factors are useful for understanding the relationship between aspects of animal behavior and ecology. In a year-long study, we investigated the ranging behavior and other determining factors for a group of François’ langur in an isolated habitat of approximately 25.7 ha in Fusui Reserve, China. The François’ langur home range was estimated to be 15.3 ha, covering ∼60% of their total habitat. The mean yearly day range length estimate was 802.5 m (SD=295.5 m). Langurs changed sleeping sites approximately every 3 days, resulting in increases in the amount of grid cells used and the range length. Food availability of flowers and fruits were seasonal, whereas both mature and immature leaves of most trees were perennial. Ranging behavior was not significantly correlated with the availability of mature leaves, immature leaves, buds, fruits (ripe and unripe fruits) or seeds (p>0.05). These results suggested that variations in food type availability were not factors influencing ranging behavior for this langur group, whereas sleeping site changes, and probably predation avoidance, are factors that influence the ranging patterns of the langur group.

Keywords: François’ langur; habitat fragmentation; habitat use; range pattern; resource availability
Corresponding author: Ping Ding, College of Life Science, Zhejiang University, Zijin’gang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China; and Key Laboratory of Conservation Genetics and Reproductive Biology for Endangered Wild Animals of the Ministry of Education, Hangzhou 310058, China, e-mail:

Our project is funded by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 31060059), the Guangxi Key Laboratory of Environmental Engineering, Protection and Assessment, Resource Monitoring of Trachypithecus francoisi of Guangxi. We thank Louis Deharveng from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France for manuscript editing, and the editor, associate editor and anonymous reviewer for helpful comments and recommendations.

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Received: 2013-1-16
Accepted: 2013-4-16
Published Online: 2013-05-16
Published in Print: 2014-02-01

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https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2013-0008
Schlagwörter für diesen Artikel
François’ langur; habitat fragmentation; habitat use; range pattern; resource availability

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  1. Masthead
  2. Masthead
  3. Review
  4. Population and community dynamics and habitat selection of rodents in complex desert landscapes
  5. Original Studies
  6. Social thermoregulation in least shrews, Cryptotis parva
  7. Environmental variables and reproductive activity in small rodents of pampean agroecosystems
  8. Feeding habits of the common genet (Genetta genetta) in the area of Djurdjura, north of Algeria
  9. Snow cover and riparian habitat determine the distribution of the short-tailed weasel (Mustela erminea) at its southern range limits in arid western North America
  10. Surprising low abundance of European wildcats in a Mediterranean protected area of southwestern Spain
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  13. Root cellars are important winter roosts for brown long-eared bats (Plecotus auritus) and northern bats (Eptesicus nilssonii) in Latvia
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