Pettifer HL. 1981. Aspects on the ecology of cheetahs on the ...

ECOtrOCT OP CEEEIAES
range, but becsuse these €xcuralga ttlp3 are often repeated tn the cheetchs,
th€ definttion descrlbed by Xoeppl et al. (19?5) waa applied
whereby only one-tiEe excurslon tiips that rere consldorebly beyond the
normal hooe range were omitted. Accoldlngly by calculating the 95 per-
cent home range atea, it was found that a more reallstic pattern ol horo€
rangea on Suikerboarand waa achieved.
The horn€ rangee of the che€taha on Suikelboarand as described in lhis
paper were calculeied on the lo(hlities of diurnal resting eites. Ahls
nethod 3ho{s ltttle dtfference ovsr 3 long period of tlme to co|rt lnuous
half-hourly plota over a ahottet perlod (<strong>Pettifer</strong> in pr€p.).
By the calculatlon of the 50 percent horDe lange, tho uniforrrity of ho|!e
lange ua€ or the convelae can be rordily deterrDlned. Tho Bizes of the
50 percent and 95 pe.cent hdre rangea of th€ 3tudy anlEals rre glven in
Table 1.
Table 1- Ths nud€r of lrdlo-t.leoetry flx€s on dally dlurnal resting
sltos snd size6 of the 50 p€rcent and 95 percent hooe ranges
of rodlo marked che€teh3 on the Sulkerbo8rand l{atule Roserve,
(All data through Dec€rnbst 1979)
Individual
Purdey
Mary
Ros ina
Kojak and
Seizure
Dat e
Morked
{ Jul 19? 8
26 Jul 19?8
18 Oct 19?8
23 oct 19 78
Nudsr of
Deys Plotted
161
l6?
lr3
I5l
Sl !e of
95 perc€nt
Home Rtnge
(l