Three Decades of Research on Iberian Wild Ungulates: Key Insights and Promising Research Avenues

Mammal Review, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 6, 2025

ABSTRACT The Iberian Peninsula is witnessing ever‐faster environmental changes, and new challenges for wild ungulates are continuously emerging as they become more abundant widespread. We conducted a systematic review to analyse the knowledge on inhabiting Peninsula. used Web of Science Scopus search engines, complemented by searches in nonindexed journals, examine peer‐reviewed articles published between January 1990 July 2023. annual average growth rate number publications was 17%. Most studies focussed diseases pathogens (36%), physiology, endocrinology reproduction (19%), behaviour, population community ecology (17%). Red deer boar most targeted species scientific literature, followed goat, roe deer, fallow Southern chamois, mouflon aoudad. identify key gaps that deserve further attention such ecological social impacts (re)introductions, effects increasing ungulate densities ecosystem integrity impact different hunting management techniques (some unique Peninsula) dynamics. also highlight need stimulate collaboration extend discussion wider range stakeholders integrate perspectives research agenda ungulates.

Language: Английский

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The Boar War: Five Hot Factors Unleashing Boar Expansion and Related Emergency

Land, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 11(6), P. 887 - 887

Published: June 11, 2022

The recent and ever-growing problem of boar (Sus scrofa forms including wild boar, hybrid feral pig) expansion is a very complex issue in wildlife management. damages caused to biodiversity the economies are addressed different ways by various countries, but research needed shed light on causal factors this emergency before defining useful collaborative management policy. In review, we screened more than 280 references published between 1975–2022, identifying dealing with five hot (climate change, human induced habitat modifications, predator regulation prey, hybridization domestic forms, transfaunation) that could account for its niche invasion. We also discuss some issues arising from emergency, such as epizootic zoonotic diseases or depression biodiversity. Finally, provide new insights development policies.

Language: Английский

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Tools and opportunities for African swine fever control in wild boar and feral pigs: a review

European Journal of Wildlife Research, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 69(4)

Published: June 17, 2023

Language: Английский

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Reversible pigs

American Ethnologist, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 50(1), P. 115 - 128

Published: Jan. 13, 2023

Abstract The idea of “species” is the main unit for representing ecological relations. But what would an ecology look like if we started by tracing its relations from below species threshold? By deploying infraspecies ethnography, I show how, in suburban Barcelona, human and wild boar individuals relate personal, creative ways, how doing so, they also reshape their quotidian ecologies bottom up. Departing species‐level imaginaries wildlife managers, residents cope with boars not only as idiosyncratic specimens but reversible beings: pigs that are simultaneously “wild” “tame,” “rural” “urban,” “pest” “neighbor.” Shifting attention between coherent to situated encounters singular unveils weave relations, remake ecologies, navigate uncertainty emerging human‐animal intimacies.

Language: Английский

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Evaluating hunting and capture methods for urban wild boar population management

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 940, P. 173463 - 173463

Published: May 25, 2024

Wild ungulates are expanding in range and number worldwide leading to an urgent need manage their populations minimize conflicts promote coexistence with humans. In the metropolitan area of Barcelona (MAB), wild boar is main wildlife species causing a nuisance, from traffic accidents health risks. Selective harvesting specific sex age classes reducing anthropogenic food resources would be most efficient approach dealing overpopulation. Nonetheless, there gap knowledge regarding selectivity capture methods currently applied MAB for population control. Thus, this study aimed evaluate performance bias different hunting seasonal patterns (number captured individuals per event). From February 2014 August 2022, 1454 boars were using drop net, teleanaesthesia, cage traps, night stalks, drive hunting. We generalized linear models (GLM) compare these total boars, belonging each category (i.e., adult, yearling, juvenile), season. The studied showed age-class adults (>2 years). Drive net removed mainly adult females yearlings (1–2 years), having highest males. Instead, traps best juveniles (<1 year). Overall, global was higher summer, decreasingly followed by autumn spring, winter being worst performing Wildlife managers researchers should consider method, as well associated public cost, improve efficiency achieve results management.

Language: Английский

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Predicting human-wildlife interaction in urban environments through agent-based models

Landscape and Urban Planning, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 240, P. 104878 - 104878

Published: Sept. 8, 2023

Synurbic species adapt to global urbanization by increasingly inhabiting urban environments, where social and ecological factors, such as anthropogenic food resources habitat alterations, promote close human-wildlife interactions. Ineffective management of these interactions can result in conflicts, altered animal population dynamics, increased public private expenditures. This study presents the Barcelona wild boar (BCNWB)-prototype model, a spatially explicit, incremental agent-based simulation that captures between citizens (Sus scrofa) agents fine-scale GIS-based scenarios Barcelona. Developed using GAMA software, model's results were analyzed with QGIS R software. The model aims simulate dynamics social-ecological system underlying ecosystem use synurbic boars their humans (peri)urban area Barcelona, Spain. BCNWB-prototype demonstrated high accuracy predicting magnitude location movements (multiple-resolution-goodness-of-fit = 0.73) compared reported presences also forecasted 115 attack events 1,442 direct feeding during one-year period, actual 150 attacks 1,858 annually. strong performance highlights its potential predictive tool for identifying priority areas human-wild conflicts. Additionally, could be employed assess cost-effectiveness strategies evaluate spread, transmission risks, health implications pathogens carried boars.

Language: Английский

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Serological and molecular survey of hepatitis E virus in cats and dogs in Spain

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 69(2), P. 240 - 248

Published: Dec. 24, 2021

Hepatitis E virus (HEV) is an emerging zoonotic pathogen that currently recognized as one of the major causes acute human hepatitis worldwide. In Europe, increasing number cases mainly associated with consumption animal food products or contact infected animals. Dogs and cats have been suggested a source HEV infection. The aim this study was to assess Orthohepevirus circulation, including HEV-A, HEV-B HEV-C species, in sympatric urban dogs southern Spain. Between 2017 2020, blood samples were collected from 144 stray 152 dogs, both strays pets. presence antibodies against tested using double-antigen sandwich ELISA seropositive further analysed by western blot. A RT-PCR performed detect RNA species (HEV-A, HEV-C). total 19 (6.4%; 95%CI: 3.6-9.2) 296 animals showed anti-HEV ELISA. Seropositivity significantly higher (9.9%; 15/152; 5.1-14.6) than (2.8%; 4/144; 0.1-5.5). Ten 18 ELISA-positive could be blot, reacted HEV-3 and/or HEV-C1 antigens, which suggest circulation genotypes area. However, not detected any sera. This first Europe. Our results provide evidence exposure cat dog populations Further studies are needed determine role these epidemiology HEV.

Language: Английский

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Consumer preferences for wild game meat: evidence from a hybrid choice model on wild boar meat in Italy

Agricultural and Food Economics, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 10(1)

Published: Aug. 5, 2022

Abstract The increasing numbers of wild animals in Europe is leading, on the one hand, to growing problems stemming from their interaction with human activities. On other, many European countries have still not developed national supply chains market game. Instead, these could represent a win–win strategy providing sustainable alternative production via intensive livestock farming and developing rural territories. Our aim was understand consumer behaviour towards game meat. We conducted choice experiment boar meat sample Italian consumers (625). application hybrid model combining structural equation latent class analysis allowed us identify antecedents attitude analyse choices by utilising as an explanatory variable. results provide useful suggestions implement development policies offer food for thought area behaviour.

Language: Английский

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Zoonotic Campylobacter spp. and Salmonella spp. carried by wild boars in a metropolitan area: occurrence, antimicrobial susceptibility and public health relevance

The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 822, P. 153444 - 153444

Published: Jan. 29, 2022

Language: Английский

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Assessing the epidemiological risk at the human-wild boar interface through a one health approach using an agent-based model in Barcelona, Spain

One Health, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 17, P. 100598 - 100598

Published: July 9, 2023

Wild boar (WB, Sus scrofa) populations are increasing in urban areas, posing an epidemiological risk for zoonotic pathogens such as hepatitis E virus (HEV) and antimicrobial-resistant Campylobacter (AMR-CAMP), well non-zoonotic African swine fever (ASFV). An extension of a validated Agent-Based Model (ABM) was developed to assess the one-year scenarios HEV, AMR-CAMP, ASFV synurbic WB-human interface Barcelona, Spain. The predicted citizen exposure similar HEV at 0.79% 0.80% human population respectively, despite AMR-CAMP being more prevalent WB than HEV. This suggests major role faeces pathogen transmission humans resulting non-negligible public health risk. model that entire would be exposed through carcasses (87.6%) or direct contact (12.6%) 51-71 days after first case, with outbreak lasting 71-124 reducing initial by 95%. ABM predictions useful animal assessments support risk-based decision-making. study underscores need interdisciplinary cooperation among animal, public, environmental managers, implementation One Health approach address risks posed synurbization areas. spatially explicit can adapted other diseases wildlife-livestock-human interface.

Language: Английский

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