Summer habitat use and activity patterns of wild boar Sus scrofa in rangelands of central Argentina.

ABSTRACT: Biological invasions are one of the main components of human-caused global change and their negative impact on invaded ecosystems have long been recognized. Invasive mammals, in particular, can threaten native biodiversity and cause economic impacts in the region where they are introduced, often through a wide range of conflicts with humans. Although the wild boar, Sus scrofa, is considered by the IUCN as one of the 100 invasive species most damaging to biodiversity in the world, in Argentina there have only been a few studies focused on its ecology with most of them conducted in protected areas. In this study, we evaluated the effect of several factors related with human disturbance, landscape composition, degree of fragmentation and the presence of a potential competitor and a predator o

SUBMITTER: Caruso N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6200264 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature