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Raccoon Home Range

Discover the home range and movement patterns of raccoons, analyzing their preferred habitats and territorial habits. Learn about radio telemetry equipment used and data analysis techniques applied to track and study raccoons.

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Raccoon Home Range

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  1. Raccoon Home Range By: Garet Baader

  2. Questions • What is the home range of a raccoon? • How far do raccoons travel? • Does temperature affect raccoon movement? • What habitats do raccoons prefer? • Do raccoon territories overlap?

  3. Introduction • Two male raccoons were radio collared • Radio Telemetry was used to track them • Raccoon home ranges were determined using ArcView and Animal Movement Analysis • Territorial habits were analyzed using collected data

  4. Radio Telemetry Equipment Antenna is used to pick up Radio signals.

  5. Radio Telemetry Equipment • Receiver is to show how strong or weak the signal is. Also shows how far away the animal Is.

  6. Radio Telemetry Equipment • GPS is used to track your coordinates and allows you to mark way- points that you want to save. Compass to tell direction

  7. In the Field

  8. Data Analysis Arc View GIS- Home Range Distances traveled Habitat use/selection How they move with other raccoons Activity centers/hot spots Certain feeding areas

  9. Coon534 Home Range (Kernel)

  10. Coon575 Home Range (Kernel)

  11. 95% and 50% Probability Areas

  12. Coon534 Home Range(Minimum Convex Polygon)

  13. Coon575 Home Range(Minimum Convex Polygon)

  14. Coon534 Home Range(Harmonic Mean)

  15. Coon575 Home Range(Harmonic Mean)

  16. Movement video Coon575

  17. Movement Video Coon534

  18. Distance Traveled

  19. Distance Traveled

  20. Distance by Temperature

  21. Distance by Temperature

  22. Distance by Temperature

  23. Distance by Temperature

  24. Coon534 Habitat use

  25. Coon575 Habitat use

  26. How they move with others • Average distance between raccoons -320m ( 350yards) Smallest distance apart -9m (9.8yards) Farthest apart -791m (865yards)

  27. Summary • Identified home range • Home range for coon534 is 2052 acres • Home range for coon575 is 1052 acres • Analyzed movement • Found no correlation between temperature and movement. • Found no correlation between movement and time of year. • Established average distances between two raccoons • 320m (350yards) • Identified preferred habitats • Coon575 preferred forest • Coon534 preferred forest • Territories overlapped between coon575 and coon534 • Closest found apart was 9 m

  28. The End

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