Habitat use of Medium-Sized Carnivores in Southeast Finland — Key Habitats for Rabies Spread?

Holmala, Katja; Kauhala, Kaarina

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“…Except during the pup rearing season, we frequently documented overlap of home ranges of different individuals and though interaction between those individuals can be expected. This may also facilitate the transmission of parasites and diseases (Holmala and Kauhala 2009). …”

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Home ranges of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides, Gray, 1834) in Southern Brandenburg, Germany

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Schwarz²

2011

Eur J Wildl Res

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The raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides, a medium-sized canid, is a representative of the East Asian fauna and has been introduced to Europe during the years 1928-1953. Today, this alien carnivore is a widespread species in Eastern Europe, Finland and Germany. In our study, we determined home range sizes of raccoon dogs in an agricultural landscape in Northeast Germany between 2001 and 2004 by very high frequency radio tracking. Those data are useful for estimation of predator densities in respect to conservation of biodiversity and also to develop models for disease and parasite transmission. Yearly average home range sizes were calculated as 95% fixed kernel: 1.83 km 2 ±1.54 and as 50% fixed kernel (=core areas): 0.50 km 2 ±0.49. We documented seasonal differences in home range sizes as well as overlapping of home ranges from 0.65% up to 67%. Some individuals' home ranges recorded during the same season showed a clear shifting between different years. Abandoned badger dens, located in the core areas of raccoon dogs home ranges, were important during the whole year and particularly used in the winter period. Therefore, distribution of those dens had some influence on the spatial distribution of raccoon dogs in the study area. Based on mean annual home range size, we estimated the mean local population density during winter as 1.1 individuals per square kilometre and during summer as 4.90 individuals per square kilometre.

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“…Furthermore, information about spatial distribution is needed for the development of models on possible disease and parasite transmission by the raccoon dog Holmala and Kauhala 2009;Schwarz et al 2011).…”

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Home ranges of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides, Gray, 1834) in Southern Brandenburg, Germany

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Schwarz²

2011

Eur J Wildl Res

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“…earthworms Lumbricus terrestris in these forests. Also earlier studies showed that rich mixed/deciduous forests were favoured by badgers in Finland (Holmala and Kauhala, 2009;Kauhala and Holmala, 2011) and elsewhere in Europe (e.g. Kruuk, 1978;Seiler et al, 1995;Revilla et al, 2000).…”

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Does a non-invasive method – latrine surveys – reveal habitat preferences of raccoon dogs and badgers?

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Salonen²

2012

Mammalian Biology

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a b s t r a c tWe aimed to examine whether habitat preferences of raccoon dogs Nyctereutes procyonoides and badgers Meles meles can be revealed by using a non-invasive method, latrine surveys. We searched for latrines of these carnivores with scat detection dogs in SW Finland. We compared the results of latrine surveys with the results of a radio-tracking study conducted simultaneously in the same area. Our results showed that latrine surveys and radio-tracking gave fairly similar results: both methods revealed that raccoon dogs favoured deciduous forests, open woodland and reed beds but avoided fields, and badgers favoured deciduous and pine forests but avoided fields, gardens and reed beds. Latrines of both species were often located in the core areas but also along home range borders. Latrine survey revealed possible competition for space between the native badgers and alien raccoon dogs. Latrine survey is a non-invasive method, which gives accurate location points of animals. It could be developed further by combining it with bait-marking and by training the dogs to show us other signs of animals besides latrines.

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“…In Europe, urban dog rabies has been largely eliminated, and the main wildlife reservoir is the red fox (Vulpes vulpes) (Kuzmin et al 2004). However, other reservoir species include the invasive raccoon dog Nyctereutes procyonoides (Holmala and Kauhala 2009) and raccoons. Data of raccoon rabies cases in Europe were compiled from The Rabies Information System of the WHO Collaboration Centre for Rabies Surveillance and Research (http://rbe.fli.bund.de/ Default.aspx, date of access 7/7/2011).…”

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Raccoons in Europe: disease hazards due to the establishment of an invasive species

2011

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Habitat use of Medium-Sized Carnivores in Southeast Finland — Key Habitats for Rabies Spread?

Cited by 38 publications

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Home ranges of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides, Gray, 1834) in Southern Brandenburg, Germany

Home ranges of raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides, Gray, 1834) in Southern Brandenburg, Germany

Does a non-invasive method – latrine surveys – reveal habitat preferences of raccoon dogs and badgers?

Raccoons in Europe: disease hazards due to the establishment of an invasive species

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