LONG Shuai, ZHOU Cai-quan, WANG Wei-kui, PAN Li, HU Jin-chu. Diurnal Behavioral Rhythm, Time Budgets and Group Behavior of Dwarf Blue Sheep in Summer. Zoological Research, 2009, 30(6): 687-693. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1141.2009.06687
Citation:
LONG Shuai, ZHOU Cai-quan, WANG Wei-kui, PAN Li, HU Jin-chu. Diurnal Behavioral Rhythm, Time Budgets and Group Behavior of Dwarf Blue Sheep in Summer. Zoological Research, 2009, 30(6): 687-693. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1141.2009.06687
LONG Shuai, ZHOU Cai-quan, WANG Wei-kui, PAN Li, HU Jin-chu. Diurnal Behavioral Rhythm, Time Budgets and Group Behavior of Dwarf Blue Sheep in Summer. Zoological Research, 2009, 30(6): 687-693. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1141.2009.06687
Citation:
LONG Shuai, ZHOU Cai-quan, WANG Wei-kui, PAN Li, HU Jin-chu. Diurnal Behavioral Rhythm, Time Budgets and Group Behavior of Dwarf Blue Sheep in Summer. Zoological Research, 2009, 30(6): 687-693. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1141.2009.06687
Institute of Rare Animals and Plants, College of Life Sciences, China West Normal University, Key Laboratory of Southwest China Wildlife Resource Conservation , Ministry of Education; Sichuan Provincial Key Laboratory of Environmental Science and Biodiversity Conservation, Nanchong 637002, China;2.Centaral Station of Environmental Monitoring of Suining, Suining 629000,China
The diurnal behavioral rhythm and time budgets of dwarf blue sheep were studied by method of scan sampling. The behaviors recorded were classified into five groups: feeding, moving, standing, bedding, and other activities. During summer, there are three feeding peaks in diurnal time (6:00 -9:00, 10:00 -11:00 and 16:00 -20:00), and one bedding peak (11:00 -15:00). The dwarf blue sheep was found to use 30.14% (±3.32) of their time feeding, followed by bedding (26.44%±3.59), standing (24.90%±4.27), moving (15.73%±1.26), and others (2.82%±1.00).We also found that adult males spend more time on feeding and standing than other individuals, juveniles spend more time moving and other activities, while females spend more time on bedding.