Seasonal change in ranging of Elliot''''s pheasant and its determining factors in Guanshan National Nature Reserve, Jiangxi
官山白颈长尾雉活动区域海拔高度的季节变化及其影响因素

From July 2005 to December 2006,to study the seasonal change in ranging of Elliot's pheasants,we tracked five individuals using radio-tracking and GPS in Guanshan National Nature Reserve of Jiangxi Province. The results showed that Elliot's pheasant occurred at altitudes between 400 and 600 m all the year,but the altitude of their home range varied with seasons:highest in summer and autumn,lower in spring and lowest in winter. The most likely reason that Elliot's pheasants preferred to live at lower altitude in winter is to have access to water sources. In spring,summer and autumn,they tended to appear at higher altitude,correlated with the distance to forest edge,abundance of shrubs,their species richness and coverage,and ultimately related to the abundance of food and shelter.