Monitoring postrelease establishment and movement of animals is important in evaluating conservation translocations. We translocated 39 wild pine martens Martes martes (19 females, 20 males) from Scotland to Wales. We released them into forested areas with no conspecifics in 2015, followed by a second release in 2016, alongside the previously released animals. We used radio‐tracking to describe postrelease movement and habitat selection. Six martens (15%) were not re‐encountered during the tracking period, of which four undertook long‐distance dispersal. For the remaining individuals, we characterized two phases of movement, “exploration” followed by “settlement,” that differed between releases. In the first release, martens remained in exploration phase for a mean of 14.5 days (SE  = 3.9 days) and settled at a mean distance of 8.7 km (SE  = 1.8 km) from release sites, whereas martens released in year two, alongside resident conspecifics, traveled away from release sites at a faster rate, settling sooner, at a mean of 6.6 days (SE  = 1.8 days), but further, at a mean distance of 14.0 km (SE  = 1.7 km) from release sites. Animals released in year one did not exhibit habitat preferences overall but within forests they favored recently felled areas, whereas animals released in year two showed strong selection for forested habitat but did not discriminate between forest types. The presence of conspecifics appeared influential for settlement and site fidelity of translocated martens and was associated with more rapid but more distant dispersal of the later cohort. Releases of animals in close proximity appeared to promote site fidelity and rapid establishment of ranges in the recipient environment.

中文翻译：

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易位松貂的释放后运动和栖息地选择。

监测动物的释放后建立和移动对于评估保护易位非常重要。我们将 39 只野生松貂Martes martes（19 只雌性，20 只雄性）从苏格兰转移到威尔士。我们在 2015 年将它们释放到没有同种动物的森林地区，随后在 2016 年与之前释放的动物一起进行了第二次释放。我们使用无线电追踪来描述释放后的运动和栖息地选择。6 只貂（15%）在跟踪期间没有再次遇到，其中 4 只进行了长距离驱散。对于其余的个人，我们描述了两个移动阶段，“探索”和“定居”，这在不同版本之间有所不同。在第一个版本中，martens 处于探索阶段的平均时间为 14.5 天（SE = 3.9 天）并在距释放地点平均距离 8.7 公里（SE  = 1.8 公里）处定居，而在第二年释放的貂，与常驻同种一起，以更快的速度离开释放地点，定居得更快，平均6.6 天（SE  = 1.8 天），但更远，平均距离为 14.0 公里（SE = 1.7 公里）距释放地点。第一年放归的动物总体上没有表现出栖息地偏好，但在森林中它们偏爱最近砍伐的地区，而第二年放归的动物表现出对森林栖息地的强烈选择，但没有区分森林类型。同种动物的存在似乎对易位貂的定居和场地保真度有影响，并且与后期群体的更快速但更远的分散有关。近距离放生动物似乎可以促进场地保真度和受体环境中范围的快速建立。