Activity and spread of fallow deer (Dama dama l.) after release to the wild
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Šauklys, Rolandas | LT |
| Date | Start Page | End Page |
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2021 | 47 | 47 |
| URI | Access Rights |
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| Leidinys | Viso teksto dokumentas (atviroji prieiga) / Full Text Document (Open Access) |
| https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/127880 |
In Lithuania, there is an abundance of cases when fallow deer, living in enclosures, in smaller or larger groups are released to the wild on purpose. However, the released fallow deer are not methodically observed, thus science research and data analysis on such fallow deer migration, distribution, adaptation and reproduction are not practically carried out. In this study, GPS collar marked fallow deer have been released to the wild. There were 5 in all fallow deer collar marked (2 male deer and 1 female deer in Pakarklė forest, Kaunas district as well as 1 male deer and 1 female deer in Pašušvis forest, Radviliškis district). The collar marked deer, along with others, marked with ear tags, were released in the forests of two municipalities (Kaunas and Radviliškis districts). Fallow deer GPS collar mark were set to send a signal to the server with coordinates of the animal location. The coordinates of the marked fallow deer locations allowed the calculation of the distance, covered in one hour, how far the animal has moved from the release site, what area the animal used. Data on habitat selection priorities were analyzed: the number of points, registered in the forest area, what stands were selected, how far away they were from the forest edge. The distance between the co-released fallow deer during the whole research period was analyzed. In order to have information on how far the released animals move from the release site, the distance from the point of release site of fallow deer to the points where the animal was registered on other days, were calculated (by calculating the point of the center of stay of each day). On average, on a daily basis fallow deer kept a distance of 1 km distance from the release site: the average distance of males was 1.3 km and 0.5 km, and that of females was 1,1 km (pic.2.5 in Pakarklė forest, Kaunas district), the distance of a male was 3.4 km, whereas the distance of a female deer was 0.9 km.[...]