Investigation of optimized observation periods for estimating a representative home range of free-roaming domestic dogs

Abstract Free-roaming domestic dogs (FRDD), as vectors of zoonotic diseases, are of high relevance for public health. Understanding roaming patterns of dogs can help to design disease control programs and disease transmission simulation models. Studies on GPS tracking of dogs report stark difference...

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Main Authors: Filipe Maximiano Sousa, Charlotte Warembourg, Mahamat Fayiz Abakar, Danilo Alvarez, Monica Berger-Gonzalez, Terence Odoch, Ewaldus Wera, Nakul Chitnis, Laura Cunha Silva, Grace Alobo, Maria M. Sikko, Pablo Roquel, Alexis Leonel López Hernández, Salome Dürr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49851-2