Blumberg Wyeth; Careau Vincent

 - Abstract: Home range is generally considered to be the area that an animal occupies regularly to fulfill its vital needs. It is therefore an important metric for understanding how organisms utilize space and the environment they live in. Although home range size is a relatively well-studied in spatial ecology, there are surprisingly few repeatability estimates currently available in the literature. While there are close to 200 repeatability estimates of movement behaviours from 41 studies, I am aware of only five repeatability estimates for home range, including only one mammalian species. In this study I aim to estimate the repeatability of home-range and minimum daily distance moved in wild white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus). Estimating the repeatability of home range behaviours will inform on the relative amount of variation occurring at the among- vs within-individual levels. This represents an important first step towards relating movement behaviours of free-ranging mice to other important aspects of their phenotype, such as personality traits (e.g., exploration, docility) and metabolic rate.