Feral goat home range: Influence of social class and environmental variables

The daily range of feral goats varied in relation to social class and environmental variables. Mean daily ranges for 5 social classes were: male herd, 3.52 × 10⁵ m²; female herd, 2.12 × 10⁵ m²; composite herd, 1.86 × 10⁵ m²; stayer female, 0.57 × 10⁵ m²; creche group, 0.39 × 10⁵ m². Total recorded home range was male herd 14.8 × 10⁵ m² and female herd 9.65 × 10⁵ m². Female herd daily range varied seasonally in terms of size, location and habitat utilization. Female herd daily range area was correlated significantly with number of days since rain (r = 0.412), amount of rain in the past 30 days (r = ?0.296), maximum daily temperature (r = ?0.409), and minimum daily temperature (r = ?0.523), but not with wind velocity in the morning (r = ?0.064) or afternoon (r = ?0.137).