CONGRESOS
IV REUNIÓN BINACIONAL DE ECOLOGÍA[40]
The 24th International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2010)[41]
V Encontro Brasileiro para o Estudo de Quirópteros – EBEQ[42]
Congreso Internacional de Manejo de Fauna Silvestre [43]
4th International Conference on Rodent Biology and Management[44]
I Congreso Latinoamericano de Mastozoología 20-24 Setiembre 2010, Guanajuato, Mexico
9th International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology
26th to 31st July 2010,Conrad Hotel & Spa
Punta del Este,Uruguay[45]
12th Rodens et Spatium [46]
V Congreso Brasilero de Mastozoologia[47]
8th International Symposium on Wild Boar and Other Suids 1 - 4 September 2010 York, UK [48]
XXIII Jornadas Argentinas de Mastozoologia Bahia Blanca 9-12 Noviembre 2010
2do Taller Iberoamericano sobre degradación de hábitats y funcionamiento de interacciones
planta-animal Bariloche 22-23 Noviembre 2010[49]
I Congreso Latinoamericano de Conservación de la Biodiversidad, 22-26 de Noviembre de 2010,San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina[50]
Food habits and impact of rooting behaviour of the invasive wild boar, Sus scrofa, in a protected area of the Monte Desert, Argentina
The wild boar, Sus scrofa, was introduced in the central region of Argentina in the early 20th century. A small feral population invaded the western area of the Man and Biosphere Reserve of Ñacuñán, Argentina in the early 1980’s. The purpose of our study was to provide information about the diet of wild boars in the semiarid region of Argentina and assess their potential effect on vegetation through soil rooting. We analyzed 41 faecal samples and compared cover plant composition between rooted and non rooted soil. Our results showed that 95% of the diet consisted of different parts (leaves, stems, glumes, fruits, seeds, and bulbs) of 36 plant species, while arthropods and animal tissue represented only 5% of the diet. Two plant species (Sphaeralcea miniata and Pitraea cuneato-ovata) composed the bulk of the diet, representing almost 50% of the total items found in the faeces. Plant cover was significantly different between rooted and non rooted areas. Rooted areas were dominated by Pitraea cuneato-ovata, whereas the cover of Lycium sp was higher in non rooted areas. This is the first study addressing the ecology of the wild boar in a protected area of the Monte Desert biome of Argentina.
(María Fernanda Cuevas, Agustina Novillo, Claudia Campos, Maria Ana Dacar and Ricardo A. Ojeda, JAE in press)
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