Abstract
We tested the success, dispersal, and home range of 20 radio-tagged farm-reared red-legged partridges that were released into typical Mediterranean scrubland on a coastal mountain in southern Spain. Partridges were kept in two acclimatization pens separated by 1 km for 4 weeks. Mortality was 25% during the first 10 days, 51.9% at the end of the second month, and stopped by the 14th week after release. The overall survival rate was 20.6%. Mean dispersal distance was 832 m; home range (MPC 95%), 16.6 ha; and activity centers (Kernel 60%), 15.1 ha. Two released females paired with wild males and one of them successfully nested.
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Duarte, J., Farfán, M.Á. & Vargas, J.M. New data on mortality, home range, and dispersal of red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa) released in a mountain range. Eur J Wildl Res 57, 675–678 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-010-0467-9
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