在2009年7—8月份和9—11月份,利用样线法和直接观察法对贺兰山牦牛(Bos grunniens)的生境选择进行了研究。结果表明:在7—8月份,牦牛偏好选择的生境——海拔3 000 m;植被类型为亚高山灌丛和草甸;乔木密度100株/hm2,乔木高度3 m,牦牛距离乔木的距离3 m;灌木种类以混合性灌木为主,灌木密度2 000丛/hm2,牦牛距灌木的距离1 m;上坡位;距水源距离800 m或800~1 200 m之间;距人为干扰距离4 000m;隐蔽级70%。在9—11月份,牦牛偏好选择的生境——海拔2 000~3 000 m;植被类型以山地针叶林为主;优势乔木以灰榆为主,乔木密度100株/hm2,乔木高度3 m;灌木密度2000丛/hm2,牦牛距离灌木的距离2 m;植被盖度50%~70%;下坡位;距水源距离1 200 m;隐蔽级70%。主成分分析表明:7—8月份,第一主成分的贡献率达15.679%,其中绝对值较大的相关系数是海拔高度、隐蔽级和乔木密度;9—11月份,第一主成分的贡献率达20.430%,其中绝对值较大的相关系数是牦牛距离乔木的距离、优势乔木、乔木高度和乔木密度。
From July to August 2009 and from September to November 2009 , we studied the habitat selections of feral yak ( Bos grunnieus) during summer and autumn in Helan Mountains.From July to August, yak preferred in higher attitude (>3 000 m) , in subalpine shrubland and meadow with lower tree density ( 3 m), shrub types mixture, higher shrub density (>2 000 individual/hm2), shorter distance to shrub ( 4 000 m) and higher hiding cover (>70%) .From September to November , feral yak used habitat in moderate attitude (2 000-3 000 m) , motane conifer forest, dominated by Ulmus glaucescens, tree density lower ( 2 m) , higher vegetation coverage (50%-70%), lower degree position, far from water resource (>1 200 m) and higher hiding cover (>70%).By principal components analysis, from July to August, the first principal component accounted for 15.679%. The higher correlation coefficients are attitude, hiding cover and tree density.From September to November, the first prin-cipal component accounted fo