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2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sébastien Devillard ◽  
Mickaël Jacquier ◽  
Jean-Michel Vandel ◽  
François Léger ◽  
Jeanne Duhayer ◽  
...  

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonella Gorosábel ◽  
Lucía Bernad ◽  
Sebastián Darío Muñoz ◽  
Julieta Pedrana

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clariana Lima André ◽  
Marina Corrêa Côrtes ◽  
Neander Marcel Heming ◽  
Mauro Galetti ◽  
Rafael Souza Cruz Alves ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Laura Gorosito ◽  
Mariano Marziali Bermúdez ◽  
Ailén Marina Benítez ◽  
Maria Busch

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Gordigiani ◽  
Andrea Viviano ◽  
Francesca Brivio ◽  
Stefano Grignolio ◽  
Lorenzo Lazzeri ◽  
...  

Abstract An increase of nocturnal activity of ungulate species may represent a compensatory opportunity for energy intake, when activity in daylight is hindered by some disturbance events (e.g. hunting or predation). Therefore, mostly-diurnal and crepuscular species may be active in bright moonlight nights whereas others may shift their diurnal activity towards darkest nights to limit their exposure to predators. In natural and undisturbed conditions, the wild boar may be active both during the day and the night, with alternating periods of activity and resting. In this work, we tested whether activity patterns of wild boar, a species with poor visive abilities, were dependent on moon phases and environmental lightening. We aimed to assess if nocturnal activity could be better explained by variations of the lunar cycle or by the variations of environmental lightening conditions, evaluated by means of different measures of night brightness. Data were collected through camera-trapping in Central Italy in 2019–2020. Despite the poor visive abilities of the wild boar, we observed that this ungulate significantly reduced their activity by avoiding the brightest nights. In our study area, the wild boar has to cope with both human pressure (i.e. mostly hunters and poachers) and predation by the grey wolf. Furthermore, the nocturnal activity of wild boar peaked in mid-Autumn, i.e. when hunting pressure is the highest and when leaf fall may bring wild boar to range for long distances to find suitable resting sites for diurnal hours.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federica Fonda ◽  
Giovanni Bacaro ◽  
Silvia Battistella ◽  
Gianpasquale Chiatante ◽  
Stefano Pecorella ◽  
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