Number eight had the largest home range of any female of P. truei; she was captured ten times, and had a range of 83,333 square feet. The vegetation within her range was pinyon-juniper woodland with understories of Amelanchier, Artemisia nova and Purshia. Most of her home range was in the western half of unit H, but extended into parts of units D, I, G and N.
The largest home range for adult males of either species was number three of P. truei; he had a range of 80,000 square feet. The largest range for an adult of P. maniculatus was 66,666 square feet ([Table 3]).
Analysis of Home Range by Exclusive Boundary-Strip Method
Stickel (1954:4) has shown that under theoretical conditions the exclusive boundary-strip method is the most accurate of several methods of estimating home range. This method overestimates the known range by only two percent.
[Table 3] shows a comparison of home range calculations obtained for each species, when calculated by inclusive and exclusive boundary-strip methods.
The data for males and for females of each species were compared in the same manner as in the inclusive boundary-strip method. The ranges of 16 male individuals of P. truei encompassed 14,000 to 56,666 square feet (ave. 34,333; S. D. 13,266); of these, the ranges of 10 adult males were from 23,333 to 53,333 square feet (ave. 39,733). Twenty-two females of this species had ranges of 13,333 to 50,000 square feet (ave. 27,199; S. D. 8,820). Eighteen adult females had the same extremes, but the average size of range, 28,000 square feet, was larger. Sizes of home ranges of males and females did not differ significantly.
The ranges of fifteen males of P. maniculatus encompassed 13,333 to 46,666 square feet (ave. 26,666; S. D. 10,180). Of these, six adults had the same extremes in range, but an average size of 31,440 square feet.
The ranges of five females of P. maniculatus varied from 28,000 to 53,333 square feet (ave. 37,199; S. D. 10,140). All but one of these females were adults. The sizes of home ranges of males and females did not differ significantly. No differences were found when ranges of adult males, or adult females, of both species were compared.
The adjusted length of the range also can be used as an expression of home range. In this method, one-half the distance to the next trapping station is added to each end of the line drawn between stations at either end of the long axis of the range (Stickel, 1954:2).