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1 June 2010 Effects of Time of Day and Activity Status on Bobcat (Lynx rufus) Cover-Type Selection in Southwestern Georgia
Jordona D. Kirby, Jessica C. Rutledge, Ivy G. Jones, L. Mike Conner, Robert J. Warren
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Abstract

Lynx rufus (Bobcat) cover-type selection and activity patterns have been studied in a variety of landscapes in the southeastern United States, but effects of individual activity status (active or inactive) and time of day (day, night, crepuscular) on cover-type selection have not been investigated for this species. Therefore, we investigated Bobcat habitat use in a Pinus palustris (Longleaf Pine) forest in southwestern Georgia to determine whether activity status of individuals or time of day affected seasonal cover-type selection. We monitored 43 radiocollared Bobcats from 2001–2004 and determined habitat use at Johnson's third order of selection (i.e., habitat selection within the home range) using Euclidean distance-based analysis. Bobcats selected (Λ; = 0.017, P = 0.001) habitat within their home ranges; however, although Bobcats are typically classified as crepuscular, neither activity status (Λ; = 0.990, P = 0.981) nor time-of-day (Λ; = 0.972, P = 0.647) affected cover-type selection. Bobcats on our study site preferred agricultural areas and other early to mid-successional habitats, probably because they produced abundant prey.

Jordona D. Kirby, Jessica C. Rutledge, Ivy G. Jones, L. Mike Conner, and Robert J. Warren "Effects of Time of Day and Activity Status on Bobcat (Lynx rufus) Cover-Type Selection in Southwestern Georgia," Southeastern Naturalist 9(2), 317-326, (1 June 2010). https://doi.org/10.1656/058.009.0208
Published: 1 June 2010
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