How climate change and wildlife management affect population structure in wild boars.

ABSTRACT: Global climate change affects many species and contributes to the exceptional population growth of wild boar populations and thus to increasing human-wildlife conflicts. To investigate the impact of climate change on wild boar populations we extended existing models on population dynamics. We included for the first time different juvenile conditions to account for long-lasting effects of juvenile body mass on adult body mass and reproductive success. Our analysis shows that incorporating phenotypes, like body mass differences within age classes, has strong effects on projected population growth rates, population structures and the relative importance of certain vital rates. Our models indicated that an increase in winter temperatures and food availability will cause a decrease in mean body

SUBMITTER: Vetter SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7190818 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature