Journal
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY
Volume 97, Issue 11, Pages 971-978Publisher
CANADIAN SCIENCE PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2019-0130
Keywords
Brazilian Atlantic forest; invasive alien species; introduced mammals; protected area; Sus scrofa; wild boar
Categories
Funding
- Fapemig
- TFCA/FUNBio
- Federal University of Sao Joao del-Rei
- CAPES
Ask authors/readers for more resources
The wild boar (Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758) is considered one of the 100 worst invasive species in the world and is present in the high-elevation forests in Brazil. Our objective was to understand how landscape and atmospheric conditions affect space use by wild boars. We hypothesized that wild boars would be more frequent at lower elevations, warmer and wetter forested areas, and away from human disturbances. After three years of data collection (2013-2016) using 16 camera traps, 881 independent records were obtained with a mean of 4.44 +/- 9.25 pigs per record. Wild boar frequency of occurrence was higher at lower elevations, in more humid and warmer areas, and farther away human disturbance factors, corroborating our initial hypothesis. Understanding space-use patterns of wild boars is necessary for the design of management strategies that target areas of more intense usage, as well as for defining more effective population-control techniques.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available