Home ranges and movements of an arboreal folivore after wildfire: comparing rehabilitated and non-rehabilitated animals in burnt and unburnt woodlands

This data includes movement data and home range data from koalas in the Southern Tablelands of NSW, Australia. This research was undertaken on private property and in a nature reserve from May 2020 to May 2021. Koalas were radio-tracked across a ~1 year period in a burnt and unburnt landscape. We also had 'rehabilitated' koalas that were rescued after the megafires and returned to the burnt landscape once it had recovered. The data includes mean nightly distance, greatest distance moved, displacement distance and home range at 50 and 95 Kernel Utilisation Distribution (KUDs) for koalas across the three groups (non-rehabilitated koalas in the burnt landscape, non-rehabilitated koalas in the unburnt landscape and rehabilitated koalas). We also calculated seasonal data, recording movements in spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Type
collection
Title
Home ranges and movements of an arboreal folivore after wildfire: comparing rehabilitated and non-rehabilitated animals in burnt and unburnt woodlands
Brief Title
Home ranges and movements of an arboreal folivore after wildfire
Collection Type
Dataset
Access Privileges
Research School of Biology
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
10.25911/qkdt-as05
Metadata Language
English
Data Language
English
Significance Statement
Provides home range and movement data from koalas in the Southern Tablelands in the Monaro region of NSW, Australia after the 2019-2020 megafires.
Brief Description
This data includes movement data and home range data from koalas in the Southern Tablelands of NSW, Australia.
Full Description
This data includes movement data and home range data from koalas in the Southern Tablelands of NSW, Australia. This research was undertaken on private property and in a nature reserve from May 2020 to May 2021. Koalas were radio-tracked across a ~1 year period in a burnt and unburnt landscape. We also had 'rehabilitated' koalas that were rescued after the megafires and returned to the burnt landscape once it had recovered. The data includes mean nightly distance, greatest distance moved, displacement distance and home range at 50 and 95 Kernel Utilisation Distribution (KUDs) for koalas across the three groups (non-rehabilitated koalas in the burnt landscape, non-rehabilitated koalas in the unburnt landscape and rehabilitated koalas). We also calculated seasonal data, recording movements in spring, summer, autumn and winter.
Contact Email
murraya.lane@anu.edu.au
Contact Address
6 Sullivans Creek Road, at The Australian National University, Acton ACT 2601
Contact Phone Number
0432291303
Principal Investigator
Murraya Lane
Supervisors
Karen Marsh, Kara Youngentob, Robert Clark
Collaborators
James Skewes
Fields of Research
3103 - Ecology; 310301 - Behavioural ecology; 410205 - Fire ecology
Type of Research Activity
Pure basic research
Date Coverage
25/05/2020
15/05/2021
Date of data creation
2020
Year of data publication
2024
Creator(s) for Citation
Murraya
Lane
Karen
Marsh
Kara
Youngentob
Publisher for Citation
The Australian National University Data Commons
Publications
doi
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-024-00519-0
Home ranges and movements of an arboreal folivore after wildfire: comparing rehabilitated and non-rehabilitated animals in burnt and unburnt woodlands
Lane, M.R., Youngentob, K.N., Clark, R.G. et al. Home ranges and movements of an arboreal folivore after wildfire: comparing rehabilitated and non-rehabilitated animals in burnt and unburnt woodlands. Mov Ecol 12, 75 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40462-024-00519-0
Access Rights Type
Open
Licence Type
CC-BY-NC-ND - Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDervis (Version 4.0)
Retention Period
Indefinitely
Extent or Quantity
3
Data Size
5 KB
Data Management Plan
No

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