Home range size and reproduction of female roe deer reintroduced into a Mediterranean habitat

摘要

From 1995 to 1997, 52 males and 52 females, which had been captured in the Forest of Trois-Fontaines (Northeast of France), were re-introduced into the Petit Lubaron state forest (South of France). Among them 49 females (21 young [<1 year old] and 28 adults [>1 year old]) were monitored by radio-tracking. The mean annual home-range sizes (mean 95% MCP = 157 ha) were larger than those estimated in more temperate forests, but were smaller than in cultivated plains. In spring and summer, repeated visual observations allowed us to study the reproduction of the monitored does and the summer survival of their fawns. The mean number of fawns per adult female was 1.18 (SE = 0.13) and the mean number of fawns per doe with young was 1.59 (SE = 0.09). The fecundity of the does and the summer survival of their fawns were similar in our study area and in Trois-Fontaines (their area of origin).