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Belowground effects of ground‐dwelling large herbivores in forest ecosystems

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
This study reviews how ground‐dwelling large herbivores affect forest soil and litter globally. Effects are context‐dependent, vary among species and forest types, and remain poorly studied in tropical forests, highlighting critical gaps in understanding nutrient cycling and ecosystem functioning.
Letícia Gonçalves Ribeiro, Mateus Melo‐Dias, Beatriz Maria Paccas Saraiva, Nacho Villar, Mauro Galetti   +4 more
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Herbivore and mesocarnivore carcasses trigger divergent short‐term changes in soil properties

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Scavengers reshape nutrient cycles in soils under carrion. Compared to herbivore carcasses, smaller but longer‐lasting carnivore remains boost nutrient levels and microbial activity in dry soils. Abstract Animal corpses act as pulses of organic matter (OM) and serve a key zoogeochemical role by providing localized nutrient inputs to soils and thereby ...
Adrián Colino‐Barea, Fuensanta García‐Orenes, Zebensui Morales‐Reyes, Moisés Gonzálvez, Carlos Martínez‐Carrasco, Marcos Moleón, Daniel Redondo‐Gómez, Evan A. N. Marks, Minerva García‐Carmona, Victoria Arcenegui, José Carlos Huerta‐del‐Bosque, Adrián Orihuela‐Torres, Santiago Soliveres, Sofia Albolafio, Esther Sebastián‐González, José Antonio Sánchez‐Zapata   +15 more
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Human hunters are no substitute for vanishing apex predators

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Our study reveals that human hunters fail to replicate the collective and individual ecological functions of natural apex predators in sustaining biodiversity and promoting stable spatial patterns. These insights are vital for rethinking predator conservation and wildlife management in human‐dominated landscapes.
Ying Geng, Christos Mammides, Ru‐Chuan He, Lin Wang, Kang Luo, Zhong‐Yuan Zhang, Bo Wang, Rui‐Chang Quan   +7 more
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Fecal metatranscriptomics and virus isolation reveal picornavirus diversity and evolution in Japanese wild boars and pigs

Scientific Reports
To elucidate the enteric virome and its relationship between wild boars and domestic pigs, metatranscriptomic analysis and virus isolation using a swine testis (ST) cell line were conducted on fecal samples collected from 300 wild boars and 363 pigs in ...
Shuntaro Mizuno, Hiroho Ishida, Ryou Konno, Natsuko Teshima, Tomoko Yokota, Shwe Thiri Maung Maung Khin, Hitoshi Takemae, Toru Oi, Fujiko Fukuda, Tsuneyuki Masuda, Yasuhiro Kikkawa, Tomoichiro Oka, Naoyuki Aihara, Takanori Shiga, Junichi Kamiie, Hironobu Murakami, Tetsuya Mizutani, Makoto Nagai, Mami Oba   +18 more
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From foraging to decomposition: Large vertebrates as biotic drivers of trace element cycling across landscapes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We highlight an overlooked pathway in ecosystem functioning: the role of animal carcass decomposition in trace element cycling. By linking animal life cycles to landscape‐scale processes, we explain how large animals redistribute scarce elements and influence spatial heterogeneity, with implications for ecosystem functioning and restoration.
Elke Wenting, Henk Siepel, Elisabeth S. Bakker, Michael S. Strickland, Laurel Lynch, Harry Olde Venterink, Philip S. Barton   +6 more
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Wild or Tame? In Search for the Genetic Origin of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in Sweden

Ecology and Evolution
The wild boar (Sus scrofa) has been a part of the Swedish fauna for thousands of years. Although it became extinct in the 17th century, populations reemerged in the 1970s and 1980s after escapes from enclosures.
Anna M. Johansson, Anne‐Marie Dalin, Elisabeth Jonas, Sofia Mikko, Anna Malmsten   +4 more
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Helminth infection in wild boars in Primorye, Russia

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
Wild boars have a worldwide distribution and also have major economic, veterinary, and medical importance. Due to a small amount of data on the parasitic fauna of wild boars in the Russian Far East, especially in Prymorye territory, a post-mortem ...
Tatyana V. Tabakaeva, Yurii A. Belov, Egor M. Shchelkanov, Dmitrii V. Pankratov, Anon V. Tabakaev, Irina V. Galkina, Michael Y. Shchelkanov   +6 more
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Can Wapiti (Cervus elaphus) Browsing Stimulate the Chemical Defense of Taxus cuspidata—A Case of Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
We study that browsing by wapiti reduces the growth of saplings, and it develop chemical defenses to prevent themselves browsed again. These results reduce our concern about wapiti browse T. cuspidate saplings, and provide basic data for the study of the interaction between them, and also provide theoretical basis for the population restoration and ...
Jianan Feng, Hairong Du, Xianzhe Wang, Minghai Zhang   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Crocodile and Wild Boar

, 1940
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
openaire   +2 more sources

Disentangling Multitrophic Interactions: How Vegetation Cover, Wild Boar, Deer, and Predators Shape Rodents Activity and Acorn Dispersal

Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.
Vegetation cover promotes rodent activity and acorn dispersal, while wild boars exert a direct negative effect on mice. Conversely, deer and predators displayed no significant impact on rodent behavior. These results identify wild boars as the main disruptors of rodent‐mediated forest regeneration.
David Notario Rincón, Alberto Muñoz, Rafael Barrientos, Álvaro Gaytán, Lucía Cano, Pablo Quiles, Luis Sánchez, Alejandro Redondo, Alexander Cisneros, Raúl Bonal   +9 more
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