Space use of wild boar (Sus Scrofa) in Budapest: are they resident or transient city dwellers?
Biol Futur
; 71(1-2): 39-51, 2020 Jun.
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ABSTRACT
In our study, we examined the movement of two wild boars marked with GPS/GSM transmitters in city of Budapest. We hypothesised that the wild boars do not leave the urban area (H1); the wild boars prefer places that are less disturbed by people, and which are rich in potential hiding places (H2); and their home ranges would be smaller than that of wild boars living in non-urban environment (H3). Based on our results, we accepted our first hypothesis, as the wild boars had not left the area of Budapest. However, we partly rejected our second hypothesis:
the wild boars preferred urban areas that were forested and richly covered with vegetation; however, human presence therefore disturbance was also high in those areas. The home range sizes of both marked wild boar sows were remarkably smaller than those of the wild boars living in natural environment (H3). City habitat modification, e.g. clearing undergrowth vegetation, could result that wild boars cannot find any hiding places. The significant part of food sources will disappear with the elimination of these places. By eliminating the two main factors together could prevent wild boars finding their living conditions within the city.Palavras-chave
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Assunto principal:
Comportamento Animal
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Ecossistema
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Sus scrofa
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Atividades Humanas
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biol Futur
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Hungria