Number eight had the largest home range of any female of _P. truei_; she
was captured ten times, and had a range of 83,333 square feet. The
vegetation within her range was pinyon-juniper woodland with
understories of _Amelanchier_, _Artemisia nova_ and _Purshia_. Most of
her home range was in the western half of unit H, but extended into
parts of units D, I, G and N.
The largest home range for adult males of either species was number
three of _P. truei_; he had a range of 80,000 square feet. The largest
range for an adult of _P. maniculatus_ was 66,666 square feet (Table 3).
Analysis of Home Range by Exclusive Boundary-Strip Method
Stickel (1954:4) has shown that under theoretical conditions the
exclusive boundary-strip method is the most accurate of several methods
of estimating home range. This method overestimates the known range by
only two percent.
Table 3 shows a comparison of home range calculations obtained for each
species, when calculated by inclusive and exclusive boundary-strip
methods.
The data for males and for females of each species were compared in the
same manner as in the inclusive boundary-strip method. The ranges of 16
male individuals of _P. truei_ encompassed 14,000 to 56,666 square feet
(ave. 34,333; S. D. 13,266); of these, the ranges of 10 adult males were
from 23,333 to 53,333 square feet (ave. 39,733). Twenty-two females of
this species had ranges of 13,333 to 50,000 square feet (ave. 27,199; S.
D. 8,820). Eighteen adult females had the same extremes, but the average
size of range, 28,000 square feet, was larger. Sizes of home ranges of
males and females did not differ significantly.
The ranges of fifteen males of _P. maniculatus_ encompassed 13,333 to
46,666 square feet (ave. 26,666; S. D. 10,180). Of these, six adults had
the same extremes in range, but an average size of 31,440 square feet.
The ranges of five females of _P. maniculatus_ varied from 28,000 to
53,333 square feet (ave. 37,199; S. D. 10,140). All but one of these
females were adults. The sizes of home ranges of males and females did
not differ significantly. No differences were found when ranges of adult
males, or adult females, of both species were compared.
Adjusted Length of Home Range
The adjusted length of the range also can be used as an expression of
home range. In this method, one-half the distance to the next trapping
station is added to each end of the line drawn between stations at
either end of the long axis of the range (Stickel, 1954:2).
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