Natural History General Behaviors - Home Range
Home range size variable:
- Choctawhatchee BM - 0.002 ha to 2.22 ha, Mean - 0.36 ha (Novak 1997)
- Santa Rosa BM - 0.8 ha (autumn, primary dunes), 4.3 ha (spring, secondary dunes) (Blair 1951).
Primary dispersers are juvenile males. Juveniles move larger linear distances than adults.
Linear movements greatest in Autumn, least in Spring. Adult males move further than adult females (Holler et al. 1997).