Seasonal variation in space use and territoriality in a large mammal (Sus scrofa).

ABSTRACT: An individual's spatial behavior is shaped by social and environmental factors and provides critical information about population processes to inform conservation and management actions. Heterogeneity in spatial overlap among conspecifics can be evaluated using estimates of home ranges and core areas and used to understand factors influencing space use and territoriality. To understand and test predictions about spatial behavior in an invasive large mammal, the wild pig (Sus scrofa), we examined variation in space use between sexes and seasons. We predicted that if animals were territorial that there would be a reduction in space-use overlap when comparing overlap of home ranges (HR-HR), to home ranges and core areas (HR-CA), and in-turn between core areas (CA-CA). Home ranges and core are

SUBMITTER: Schlichting PE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8901613 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature