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Qi J, Holyoak M, Dobbins MT, et al. Wavelet methods reveal big cat activity patterns and synchrony of activity with preys. Integr Zool. 2021;doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12526.
Qi, J., Holyoak, M., Dobbins, M. T., Huang, C., Li, Q., She, W., Ning, Y., Sun, Q., Jiang, G., & Wang, X. (2021). Wavelet methods reveal big cat activity patterns and synchrony of activity with preys. Integrative zoology, . https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12526
Qi, Jinzhe, et al. "Wavelet methods reveal big cat activity patterns and synchrony of activity with preys." Integrative zoology vol. (2021). doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/1749-4877.12526
Qi J, Holyoak M, Dobbins MT, Huang C, Li Q, She W, Ning Y, Sun Q, Jiang G, Wang X. Wavelet methods reveal big cat activity patterns and synchrony of activity with preys. Integr Zool. 2021 Feb 09; doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12526. Epub 2021 Feb 09. PMID: 33560554.
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Integr Zool. 2021 Feb 09; doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12526. Epub 2021 Feb 09.

Wavelet methods reveal big cat activity patterns and synchrony of activity with preys.

Integrative zoology

Jinzhe Qi, Marcel Holyoak, Michael T Dobbins, Chong Huang, Qi Li, Wen She, Yao Ning, Quan Sun, Guangshun Jiang, Xiaochun Wang

Affiliations

  1. School of Forestry, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China.
  2. Feline Research Center of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, College of Wildlife and Protected Area, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin, China.
  3. Department of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
  4. Jilin Wangqing National Nature Reserve, Wangqing County, China.

PMID: 33560554 DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12526

Abstract

Appropriate temporal and spatial scales are important prerequisites for obtaining reliable results in studies of wildlife activity patterns and interspecific interactions. The spread of camera-trap technology has increased interest in and feasibility of studying the activity patterns and interspecific interactions of wildlife. However, such studies are often conducted at arbitrary spatial and temporal scales, and the methods used impose scale on the study rather than determining how activity and species interactions change with spatial scale. In this study, we used a wavelet-based approach to determine the temporal and spatial scales for activity patterns and interspecific interactions on Amur leopard and their ungulate prey species that were recorded using camera traps in the main Amur leopard occurrence region in northeast China. Wavelets identified that Amur leopards were more active in spring and fall than summer, and fluctuated with periodicities of 9 and 17 days, respectively. Synchronous relationships between leopards and their prey commonly occurred in spring and fall, with a periodicity of about 20 days, indicating the appropriate seasons and temporal scales for interspecific interaction research. The influence of human activities on the activity patterns of Amur leopard or prey species often occurred over longer time periods (60-64 days). Two-dimensional wavelet analyses showed that interactions between leopard and prey were more significant at spatial scales of 1 km

© 2021 International Society of Zoological Sciences, Institute of Zoology/Chinese Academy of Sciences and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.

Keywords: activity patterns; camera trap; large carnivores; temporal and spatial scale; wavelet analyses

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