Diurnal Behavioral Rhythm, Time Budgets and Group Behavior of Dwarf Blue Sheep in Summer

LONG Shuai; ZHOU Cai-quan; WANG Wei-kui; PAN Li; HU Jin-chu

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1141.2009.06687

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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

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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

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Diurnal Behavioral Rhythm, Time Budgets and Group Behavior of Dwarf Blue Sheep in Summer

doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1141.2009.06687

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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

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Corresponding author: ZHOU Cai-quan
Received Date: 2009-06-10
Rev Recd Date: 1900-01-01
Publish Date: 2009-12-22

Abstract

Abstract

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.
- Dwarf blue sheep,
- Rhythm,
- Time budget,
- Grouping behavior,
- Behavioural ecology