Characteristics and Demography of a Free-Ranging Ethiopian Hedgehog, Paraechinus aethiopicus, Population in Qatar
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area and Animal Capture
2.2. Data Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Model Fit
3.2. Population Size
3.3. Capture Probability
3.4. Survival
3.5. New Entrants
3.6. Evaluation of Methodology
4. Discussion
4.1. Comparison with Other Hedgehog Species
4.2. Evaluation of Methodology
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Correction Statement
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Subset | Block | No. in Model 1 | Adjustments to Improve Model Fit | AIC | Ntot 2 | SE | N 3 | SE | Density (km−2) 4 |
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All | All 19 months | 144 | None | 1180 | 149 | 2.7 | 55 | 2.4 | 6.5 |
All | All 19 months | 144 | Excluding those captured all 19 times and including residuals <10 | 439 | 151 | 0 | 60 | 2.9 | 7.0 |
Males | All 19 months | 75 | None | 787 | 77 | 1.6 | 32 | 1.1 | 3.8 |
Males | All 19 months | 75 | Excluding those captured all 19 times and including residuals <50 | 489 | 77 | 0 | 33 | 1.0 | 3.9 |
Females | All 19 months | 62 | None | 540 | 65 | 2.3 | 22 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
Females | All 19 months | 62 | Capture constant on model and including residuals <800 5 | 511 | 65 | 1.9 | 21 | 1.5 | 2.5 |
All | Excluding winter | 112 | None | 346 | 115 | 2.3 | 52 | 3.8 | 6.1 |
All | Excluding winter | 112 | Excluding those captured all 9 times | 327 | 117 | 1.9 | 54 | 3.7 | 6.3 |
Males | Excluding winter | 59 | None | 244 | 60 | 1.2 | 30 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
Males | Excluding winter | 59 | Excluding those captured 8 or 9 times and including residuals <6 | 177 | 61 | 0 | 30 | 1.7 | 3.5 |
Females | Excluding winter | 47 | None | 180 | 47 | 1.1 | 19 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
Females | Excluding winter | 47 | Excluding those captured 8 or 9 times | 142 | 47 | 0 | 19 | 1.9 | 2.2 |
Adults | Excluding winter | 92 | None | 304 | 93 | 1.5 | 45 | 3.9 | 5.3 |
Adults | Excluding winter | 92 | Excluding those caught all 9 times and including residuals <10 | 266 | 94 | 0 | 46 | 3.9 | 5.4 |
Juveniles | Excluding winter | 21 | None | 100 | 26 | 5.1 | 7 | 1.8 | 0.8 6 |
Subset | Block | No. Hedgehogs 1 | Ntot | % of Population Captured |
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All | All 19 months | 144 | 151 | 95.36 |
Males | All 19 months | 75 | 77 | 97.40 |
Females | All 19 months | 62 | 65 | 95.38 |
All | Excluding winter | 112 | 117 | 95.73 |
Males | Excluding winter | 59 | 61 | 96.72 |
Females | Excluding winter | 47 | 47 | 100.00 |
Adults | Excluding winter | 92 | 94 | 97.87 |
Juveniles | Excluding winter | 21 | 23 | 91.30 |
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Pettett, C.; W. Macdonald, D.; Al-Hajiri, A.; Al-Jabiry, H.; Yamaguchi, N. Characteristics and Demography of a Free-Ranging Ethiopian Hedgehog, Paraechinus aethiopicus, Population in Qatar. Animals 2020, 10, 951. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10060951
Pettett C, W. Macdonald D, Al-Hajiri A, Al-Jabiry H, Yamaguchi N. Characteristics and Demography of a Free-Ranging Ethiopian Hedgehog, Paraechinus aethiopicus, Population in Qatar. Animals. 2020; 10(6):951. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10060951
Chicago/Turabian StylePettett, Carly, David W. Macdonald, Afra Al-Hajiri, Hayat Al-Jabiry, and Nobuyuki Yamaguchi. 2020. "Characteristics and Demography of a Free-Ranging Ethiopian Hedgehog, Paraechinus aethiopicus, Population in Qatar" Animals 10, no. 6: 951. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10060951
APA StylePettett, C., W. Macdonald, D., Al-Hajiri, A., Al-Jabiry, H., & Yamaguchi, N. (2020). Characteristics and Demography of a Free-Ranging Ethiopian Hedgehog, Paraechinus aethiopicus, Population in Qatar. Animals, 10(6), 951. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10060951