Wild boar under fire: the effect of spatial behaviour, habitat use and social class on hunting mortality

2017 ◽  
Vol 303 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Merli ◽  
S. Grignolio ◽  
A. Marcon ◽  
M. Apollonio
2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 517-523 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henrik Thurfjell ◽  
John P. Ball ◽  
Per-Arne Åhlén ◽  
Peter Kornacher ◽  
Holger Dettki ◽  
...  

Behaviour ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 151 (6) ◽  
pp. 799-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miren Andueza ◽  
Juan Arizaga ◽  
Emilio Barba ◽  
Ibon Tamayo-Uria

Spatial behaviour and habitat selection at stopover sites have a strong influence on the foraging and fuelling performance of migrating birds and hence are important aspects of stopover ecology. The aim of this study was to analyse the spatial behaviour and habitat use of reed warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus during the autumn migration. We used radio tracking data from reed warblers surveyed at a stopover site in northern Iberia and assigned to three different groups: (1) local adult birds which were still at their breeding site, (2) migrating first-year birds (originating from beyond Iberian peninsula) and (3) migrating adult birds. Overall, migrating first-year birds tended to have larger home ranges than both local and migrating adults and to move more widely in the study area. They also showed lower fat deposition rates than adults. The proportion of habitats in home ranges (reed-beds and tidal flats being the most abundant habitats) was similar amongst groups. The spatial distribution and habitat use of organisms have been theorised to follow an ideal-free or ideal-despotic distribution. However, according to our results, other complex underlying mechanisms may play an important role in shaping the spatial behaviour of birds at stopover sites.


PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. e0207722 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolás Caruso ◽  
Alejandro E. J. Valenzuela ◽  
Christopher L. Burdett ◽  
Estela M. Luengos Vidal ◽  
Diego Birochio ◽  
...  

PLoS ONE ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. e0206513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolás Caruso ◽  
Alejandro E. J. Valenzuela ◽  
Christopher L. Burdett ◽  
Estela M. Luengos Vidal ◽  
Diego Birochio ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ferenc Jánoska ◽  
Attila Farkas ◽  
Miklós Marosán ◽  
József-Tamás Fodor

Abstract During our research we utilized data provided by GPS collars to compare the spatial patterns of wild boars living in lowland and high-hilly regions. Five wild boars were fitted with GPS Plus (Vectronic) type collars. The two aforementioned investigated habitat areas were as follows: a high-hilly hunting ground from the foot of the Bodoc Mountains (Covasna County), and the meeting point of Olt and Danube rivers in the southern part of the country (Teleorman County). The average daily wild boar activity varied between 2.9 and 3.1 km in the lowlands and between 3.6 and 4.9 km in the higher situated habitats. The average daily movement area calculated with the minimum convex polygon method was between 60.3 and 112.5 ha/day in the lowlands and between 113.5 and 125.2 ha/day in the high-hilly regions. The movement area of the wild boars calculated with the MCP method varied between 1,060 and 1,2001 hectares in lowlands and between 8,689 and 9,463 hectares in higher altitudes. Our data proved inadequate at testing whether or not large carnivores affect wild boar activity patterns. Habitat use analysis produced interesting results: even in a very diverse habitat, every collared individual preferred green forests. We found negative preference for agricultural fields in both habitats.


2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Bisi ◽  
Roberta Chirichella ◽  
Francesco Chianucci ◽  
Jost Von Hardenberg ◽  
Andrea Cutini ◽  
...  

1991 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 119-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean-François Gerard ◽  
Bruno Cargnelutti ◽  
François Spitz ◽  
Gilbert Valet ◽  
Thierry Sardin

Author(s):  
Eduardo Laguna ◽  
José A. Barasona ◽  
Joaquín Vicente ◽  
Oliver Keuling ◽  
Pelayo Acevedo

2007 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 453-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludgarda Lombardi ◽  
Néstor Fernández ◽  
Sacramento Moreno

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