PMID- 29492031
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 1674-5507 (Print)
IS  - 1674-5507 (Linking)
VI  - 63
IP  - 6
DP  - 2017 Dec
TI  - Effects of study area size on home range estimates of common bottlenose dolphins 
      Tursiops truncatus.
PG  - 693-701
LID - 10.1093/cz/zox049 [doi]
AB  - Knowledge of an animal's home range is a crucial component in making informed 
      management decisions. However, many home range studies are limited by study area 
      size, and therefore may underestimate the size of the home range. In many cases, 
      individuals have been shown to travel outside of the study area and utilize a 
      larger area than estimated by the study design. In this study, data collected by 
      multiple research groups studying bottlenose dolphins on the east coast of 
      Florida were combined to determine how home range estimates increased with 
      increasing study area size. Home range analyses utilized photo-identification 
      data collected from 6 study areas throughout the St Johns River (SJR; 
      Jacksonville, FL, USA) and adjacent waterways, extending a total of 253 km to the 
      southern end of Mosquito Lagoon in the Indian River Lagoon Estuarine System. 
      Univariate kernel density estimates (KDEs) were computed for individuals with 10 
      or more sightings (n = 20). Kernels were calculated for the primary study area 
      (SJR) first, then additional kernels were calculated by combining the SJR and the 
      next adjacent waterway; this continued in an additive fashion until all study 
      areas were included. The 95% and 50% KDEs calculated for the SJR alone ranged 
      from 21 to 35 km and 4 to 19 km, respectively. The 95% and 50% KDEs calculated 
      for all combined study areas ranged from 116 to 217 km and 9 to 70 km, 
      respectively. This study illustrates the degree to which home range may be 
      underestimated by the use of limited study areas and demonstrates the benefits of 
      conducting collaborative science.
FAU - Nekolny, Samantha R
AU  - Nekolny SR
AD  - University of North Florida, Department of Biology, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL 
      32224, USA.
FAU - Denny, Matthew
AU  - Denny M
AD  - Georgia Aquarium Conservation Field Station, 9509 Oceanshore Blvd, Saint 
      Augustine, FL 32080, USA.
FAU - Biedenbach, George
AU  - Biedenbach G
AD  - Georgia Aquarium Conservation Field Station, 9509 Oceanshore Blvd, Saint 
      Augustine, FL 32080, USA.
FAU - Howells, Elisabeth M
AU  - Howells EM
AD  - Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University, 5600 US-1 
      North, Fort Pierce, FL 32958, USA.
FAU - Mazzoil, Marilyn
AU  - Mazzoil M
AD  - Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University, 5600 US-1 
      North, Fort Pierce, FL 32958, USA.
FAU - Durden, Wendy N
AU  - Durden WN
AD  - Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, 3830 South Highway A1A #4-181, Melbourne 
      Beach, FL 32951, USA.
FAU - Moreland, Lydia
AU  - Moreland L
AD  - Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute, 3830 South Highway A1A #4-181, Melbourne 
      Beach, FL 32951, USA.
FAU - David Lambert, J
AU  - David Lambert J
AD  - University of North Florida, Department of Biology, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL 
      32224, USA.
FAU - Gibson, Quincy A
AU  - Gibson QA
AD  - University of North Florida, Department of Biology, 1 UNF Drive, Jacksonville, FL 
      32224, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170816
PL  - England
TA  - Curr Zool
JT  - Current zoology
JID - 101508778
PMC - PMC5804221
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - bottlenose dolphin
OT  - core area
OT  - home range
OT  - kernel analysis
EDAT- 2018/03/02 06:00
MHDA- 2018/03/02 06:01
PMCR- 2017/08/16
CRDT- 2018/03/02 06:00
PHST- 2017/02/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/08/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/03/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/03/02 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/03/02 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2017/08/16 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - zox049 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/cz/zox049 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Curr Zool. 2017 Dec;63(6):693-701. doi: 10.1093/cz/zox049. Epub 2017 Aug 16.