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Home-Range Dynamics in a Solitary Subterranean Rodent

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F09%3A00009823" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/09:00009823 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Alternative codes found

    RIV/60076658:12310/09:00010357

  • Result on the web

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Home-Range Dynamics in a Solitary Subterranean Rodent

  • Original language description

    Despite an important role of subterranean rodents as ecosystem engineers, their belowground mobility is poorly documented. It is supposed that their underground burrow systems, once established, are relatively stable because of high-energy costs of digging. We chose the silvery mole-rat, Heliophobius argenteocinereus (Bathyergidae, Rodentia) from mesic Afrotropics as a representative of solitary subterranean rodents to investigate how, and how fast these rodents process their established burrow systems.We combined radio-tracking of individual animals with subsequent mapping of their burrow systems, and we developed a new method for assessing the rate of burrowing. Mole-rats continuously rebuilt their burrow systems; they excavated approx. 0.7 m of newtunnels per day and backfilled on average 64% of all tunnels. On average, every 32 d they established a new nest. They often completely backfilled newly excavated peripheral burrows, while other parts of their burrow systems were more pe

  • Czech name

    Dynamika domovských okrsků u solitérního podzemního hlodavce

  • Czech description

    Přestože jsou podzemní hlodavci považováni za tzv. ekosystémové inženýry o jejich podzemní aktivitě se téměř nic neví. Díky telemetrickému sledování aktivity rypoše stříbřitého a mapování jeho podzemních systémů bylo zjištěno, že dynamika jeho aktivity je překvapivě vysoká a že rypoš stříbřitý svůj podzemní systém kontinuálně přepracovává. O vysoké dynamice svědčí i častá změna hnízda a to, že téměř polovina nových tunelů je do několika dní znovuucpaná. Jejich podzemní domovské okrsky se kontinuálně posunují v prostoru a to i v období sucha, kdy se dosud předpokládalo jen minimum aktivity

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

  • CEP classification

    EG - Zoology

  • OECD FORD branch

Result continuities

  • Project

    Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

  • Continuities

    Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Others

  • Publication year

    2009

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Ethology

  • ISSN

    0179-1613

  • e-ISSN

  • Volume of the periodical

    115

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    3

  • Country of publishing house

    US - UNITED STATES

  • Number of pages

    10

  • Pages from-to

  • UT code for WoS article

    000262887300003

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database