Activity patterns of the Yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula in the Far East of Russia revealed by camera traps
Oleynikov A.Y. Sedash G.A. Salkina G.P. Maslov M.V.
1 November 2023Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Mammalia
2023#87Issue 6564 - 576 pp.
The Yellow-throated marten Martes flavigula is one of the least studied species within the genus Martes and there is contradictory information regarding its daily activity, spanning from diurnal to nocturnal or cathemeral. Our long-term studies of the daily and seasonal activity of the Yellow-throated marten were carried out in five protected areas of Primorsky Krai (Russian Far East) using a large-scale network of camera traps from 2010 to 2021. The aim of the study was to find out the pattern of daily activity of the species, its changes over the seasons and in different territories of the region. We found that the Yellow-throated marten had a pronounced diurnal activity pattern, including one or two detection peaks per day. The species is less active at dusk and almost inactive at night in this part of its range. Two clusters with different patterns of marten activity were identified in the protected areas of Primorsky Krai: with one pronounced peak around noon in the continental part with a more severe climate and smoothed activity in coastal areas with milder climatic conditions. Seasonal detection has two peaks in April-May and October, which corresponds to species biological requirements.
activity patterns , camera trapping , daily activity , Russian Far East , Yellow-throated marten
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Laboratory of Theriology, Institute of Zoology, Almaty, 050060, Kazakhstan
Joint Direction of Kedrovaya Pad State Biosphere Nature Reserve and Land of Leopard National Park, Vladivostok, 690068, Russian Federation
United Administration of Lazovsky Reserve and National Park Zov Tigra, Lazo, 692980, Russian Federation
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, 690022, Russian Federation
Laboratory of Theriology
Joint Direction of Kedrovaya Pad State Biosphere Nature Reserve and Land of Leopard National Park
United Administration of Lazovsky Reserve and National Park Zov Tigra
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity
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