scholarly journals Aestivation dynamics of bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) in the Australian Alps and predation by wild pigs (Sus scrofa)

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Caley ◽  
Marijke Welvaert
Keyword(s):  
Food Web ◽  
Sus Scrofa ◽  
Wild Pigs ◽  
Australian Alps ◽  
Similar Survey ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Resource Switching ◽  
Term Monitoring ◽  
Feral Animal

We document predation of aestivating bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) by wild pigs (Sus scrofa) at a location in the Australian Alps. This is the first known record of pigs preying on bogong moths. Wild pigs are recent colonisers of the region, though already the population appears seasonally habituated to foraging on aestivating moths. This is indicative of adaptation of a feral animal undertaking dietary resource switching within what is now a modified ecosystem and food web. The significance of this predation on moth abundance is unclear. Long-term monitoring to compare numbers of moths with historical surveys undertaken before the colonisation by wild pigs will require that they are excluded from aestivation sites. Our surveys in 2014–15 observed bogong moths to arrive about one month earlier compared with a similar survey in 1951–52, though to also depart earlier.

scholarly journals Long-term monitoring of classical swine fever in wild boar (Sus scrofa sp.) using serological data

2005 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Rossi ◽  
Marc Artois ◽  
Dominique Pontier ◽  
Catherine Cruci�re ◽  
Jean Hars ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wild Boar ◽  
Sus Scrofa ◽  
Classical Swine Fever ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Serological Data ◽  
Term Monitoring

scholarly journals Fluctuating food resources influence developmental plasticity in wild boar

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 20130419 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marlène Gamelon ◽  
Mathieu Douhard ◽  
Eric Baubet ◽  
Olivier Gimenez ◽  
Serge Brandt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wild Boar ◽  
Sus Scrofa ◽  
Developmental Plasticity ◽  
Food Resources ◽  
Adult Females ◽  
Coin Flipping ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Reproductive Tactic ◽  
Term Monitoring

To maximize long-term average reproductive success, individuals can diversify the phenotypes of offspring produced within a reproductive event by displaying the ‘coin-flipping’ tactic. Wild boar (Sus scrofa scrofa) females have been reported to adopt this tactic. However, whether the magnitude of developmental plasticity within a litter depends on stochasticity in food resources has not been yet investigated. From long-term monitoring, we found that juvenile females produced similar-sized fetuses within a litter independent of food availability. By contrast, adult females adjusted their relative allocation to littermates to the amount of food resources, by providing a similar allocation to all littermates in years of poor food resources but producing highly diversified offspring phenotypes within a litter in years of abundant food resources. By minimizing sibling rivalry, such a plastic reproductive tactic allows adult wild boar females to maximize the number of littermates for a given breeding event.

scholarly journals Long-term monitoring of 10 selected pathogens in wild boar (Sus scrofa) in Sierra Nevada National Park, southern Spain

2014 ◽  
Vol 174 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 148-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Cano-Manuel ◽  
Jorge López-Olvera ◽  
Paulino Fandos ◽  
Ramón C. Soriguer ◽  
Jesús M. Pérez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wild Boar ◽  
Sierra Nevada ◽  
Sus Scrofa ◽  
National Park ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

Future Needs for Long-Term Monitoring Design

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara S. Minsker ◽  
Charles Davis ◽  
David Dougherty ◽  
Gus Williams
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring Design ◽  
Future Needs ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Term Monitoring

Investigations on potential methods for the long-term monitoring of the state of fuel elements in dry storage casks

Kerntechnik ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 83 (6) ◽  
pp. 513-522 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Hampel ◽  
A. Kratzsch ◽  
R. Rachamin ◽  
M. Wagner ◽  
S. Schmidt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Dry Storage ◽  
Long Term Monitoring ◽  
Potential Methods ◽  
Fuel Elements ◽  
Term Monitoring
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