Moving right along: The effect of habitat type on ranging patterns in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) in western Thailand

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Sobaszek, M. (2019). Moving right along: The effect of habitat type on ranging patterns in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) in western Thailand. Unc Charlotte Electronic Theses And Dissertations.
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Abstract

White-handed gibbons are found through Southeast Asia, but little is known about how they adapt to lower quality resources. At Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in Western Thailand, these gibbons inhabit a heterogeneous landscape that encompasses evergreen forest, dry dipterocarp forest, and mixed deciduous forest. The population of gibbons at this site are relatively understudied compared to gibbon habitats elsewhere. My research focuses on whether habitat type affects the ways in which they range by estimating home range and core areas. I use my data to compare to a previous study at the same habitat on the same groups, examining home range areas and site fidelity at a short time scale. Using six different methods of range estimation, I found varying results and degrees of biological relevance for this project. Addressing habitat type and ranging behaviors will allow for the comparison of the diverse needs of populations inhabiting different habitats. Improved knowledge on ranging patterns will allow for an improvement in management practices with better conservation designs. The preservation of species can be effectively managed by determining home ranges which are affected by the distribution of their resources, the areas used for travel, and areas that are otherwise managed socially.

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Sobaszek, Margaret

Title

Moving right along: The effect of habitat type on ranging patterns in white-handed gibbons (Hylobates lar) in western Thailand

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1 online resource (98 pages) : PDF

Date

2019

Degree Granting Institution

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Abstract

White-handed gibbons are found through Southeast Asia, but little is known about how they adapt to lower quality resources. At Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary in Western Thailand, these gibbons inhabit a heterogeneous landscape that encompasses evergreen forest, dry dipterocarp forest, and mixed deciduous forest. The population of gibbons at this site are relatively understudied compared to gibbon habitats elsewhere. My research focuses on whether habitat type affects the ways in which they range by estimating home range and core areas. I use my data to compare to a previous study at the same habitat on the same groups, examining home range areas and site fidelity at a short time scale. Using six different methods of range estimation, I found varying results and degrees of biological relevance for this project. Addressing habitat type and ranging behaviors will allow for the comparison of the diverse needs of populations inhabiting different habitats. Improved knowledge on ranging patterns will allow for an improvement in management practices with better conservation designs. The preservation of species can be effectively managed by determining home ranges which are affected by the distribution of their resources, the areas used for travel, and areas that are otherwise managed socially.

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masters theses

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Ecology
Animal scientists
Wildlife management

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M.A.

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Anthropology

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Light, Lydia

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Thesis (M.A.)--University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2019.

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