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dc.contributor.authorWalton, Zea Ann
dc.contributor.authorMattisson, Jenny
dc.coverage.spatialScandinaviaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-08T12:30:41Z
dc.date.available2021-01-08T12:30:41Z
dc.date.created2021-01-07T13:22:49Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn1616-5047
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2722193
dc.description.abstractGlobal positioning system (GPS) technology is increasingly used to study animal behavior. However, some animals exhibit behaviors that may result in the failure to acquire a GPS position, such as for species with underground denning behavior. This creates a challenge for researchers to identify the timing of important life-history events such as birth. Here, we tested if information gaps arising from unsuccessful GPS positions, in connection with intrinsic and extrinsic factors, can identify parturition events in an underground denning species, the red fox. Using data from 30 GPS collared female red foxes during the approximate parturition period of 1 March–31 May, we calculated the proportion of successful GPS positions per day. We then compared the patterns of successful GPS positions for females of known reproductive status to those known not to have reproduced and a subset of females for which reproductive status was unknown. Females confirmed to have pups (n = 11) and two females of unknown reproductive status showed a significant difference in the proportion of successful GPS positions compared to females without pups, illustrating that parturition and denning activity could be identified from GPS data. None of the 12 subadult females were identified as denning. Parturition date, identified as the day with the lowest GPS fix rate within the five-day period with the lowest proportion of successful GPS positions, ranged from 20 March–14 May, with a mean parturition date of 12 April. We, therefore, conclude that important biological information, such as reproductive status and parturition dates, can be identified from patterns of missing GPS positions for some underground denning species. GPS · Parturition · Denning behavior · Birth date · Fix success · Carnivore · Canid · Reproduction · Vulpes · Scandinaviaen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectGPSen_US
dc.subjectParturitionen_US
dc.subjectDenning behavioren_US
dc.subjectBirth dateen_US
dc.subjectFix successen_US
dc.subjectCarnivoreen_US
dc.subjectCaniden_US
dc.subjectReproductionen_US
dc.subjectVulpesen_US
dc.subjectScandinaviaen_US
dc.titleDown a hole: missing GPS positions reveal birth dates of an underground denning species, the red foxen_US
dc.typeOthersen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holder© The Author(s) 2021en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Zoology and botany: 480en_US
dc.source.journalMammalian Biologyen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s42991-020-00089-9
dc.identifier.cristin1867065
dc.relation.projectAndre: Gotaas Fund, Norway (13/00282)en_US
dc.relation.projectAndre: Norwegian Directorate for Nature Managementen_US
dc.relation.projectAndre: Swedish Nature Protection Board (DNR 15/155)en_US
dc.relation.projectAndre: Karl Erik Önnesjös Stiftelse, Swedenen_US
dc.relation.projectAndre: Swedish Hunters Association (5861/2016)en_US
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