Territorial dynamics of female wolverines

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Spatial and social systems form the organisation of animals in space and time and are\nimportant aspects of animal ecology due to their effect on population dynamics and\nstructure. In this study I investigate territorial dynamics of female wolverines, with\nparticular focus on interannual territorial fidelity and reoccupation of territories vacated due\nto death of territorial females. To do this, I used location data and den site locations of adult\nfemale wolverines (n = 58), collected from 1993-2008 in and around Sarek National Park,\nnorthern Sweden.\n\nI found that female wolverines exhibited high interannual fidelity to territory. Resident\nfemales (n = 34) were monitored for a total of 145.9 wolverine years, and only twelve\nfemales moved from their territories one or more times during the study, resulting in a total\nof 14 vacated territories. Hence, 9.6% of resident females moved from their territories\nannually. Fifty-eight percent of the females (n = 7/12) that abandoned th

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