Feral cattle (Bos taurus) on Kuchinoshima Island, southwestern Japan: Their stable ranging and unstable grouping
Feral cattle (Bos taurus) on Kuchinoshima Island, southwestern Japan: Their stable ranging and unstable grouping
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日本西南部口岛的野牛（Bos taurus）：稳定的活动范围和不稳定的群体
DOI：
10.1007/bf02348164
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发表时间：
1985
影响因子：
0.9
通讯作者：
H. Ihobe
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作者：
D. Kimura;H. Ihobe
对生活在植被茂密的小山岛上的约 75 头野牛 (Bos taurus) 的测距和分组进行了研究。每个个体都保持稳定的活动范围至少一年。牛更喜欢平坦开阔的区域（FO 区域）作为它们的活动中心，并且每头牛在其活动范围内都有 1 或 2 个 FO 区域。那些共享相同 FO 区域的人的活动范围大部分重叠；因此，在本垒区分布中可以看到一种聚集的模式。每个丛中的个体组成一个“家庭范围重叠组”（HROG）。这些牛形成了 1-8 个个体大小的不稳定群体，主要由它们自己的 HROG 成员组成。 FO 区域对应于其他有蹄类动物物种报告的“活动范围的必需组成部分”。几乎没有观察到密切的社会互动，也没有证实测距和分组方面存在性别偏见。结合牛群的驯化和管理讨论了测距的稳定性和分组的不稳定性。
The ranging and grouping of about 75 feral cattle (Bos taurus), inhabiting a small mountainous island with thick vegetation, were studied. Each individual kept a stable home range for at least one year. The cattle preferred flat and open areas (FO areas) as their ranging center, and each had 1 or 2 FO areas in its home range. Those who shared the same FO areas largely overlapped home ranges; thus a clumped pattern was seen in the home range distribution. The individuals within each clump composed a “home range overlapping group” (HROG). The cattle formed 1–8 individual-sized unstable groups mainly with their own HROG's members. FO areas corresponded to the “required components of the home range” reported elsewhere for other ungulate species. Close social interactions were scarcely observed, and no sexual bias in ranging and grouping was confirmed. The stability in ranging and unstability in grouping are discussed in relation to domestication and management of the cattle herd.