Hogs sleep like logs: Wild boars reduce the risk of anthropic disturbance by adjusting where they rest
Abstract Many animals living in anthropized landscapes try to avoid encountering people by being active at night. By doing so, however, they risk being disturbed while at rest during the day. To mitigate this risk, diurnally resting species may be highly selective about where they rest. Here, we use...
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| description | Abstract Many animals living in anthropized landscapes try to avoid encountering people by being active at night. By doing so, however, they risk being disturbed while at rest during the day. To mitigate this risk, diurnally resting species may be highly selective about where they rest. Here, we used GPS and activity sensors to study how wild boars (Sus scrofa) might adjust their resting site selection and revisitation patterns to the risk of disturbance by people. We evaluated the probability of daytime relocation to assess the efficacy of wild boars' resting strategy in reducing the risk of human encounter while at rest. We attempted to identify the cause of some relocations using audio recordings. Generally, we found that wild boars did not specifically avoid resting near villages or roads, that is, where the risk of encountering people is higher, if they could find sites with suitable vegetation cover. The risk of disturbance by people was low, even near villages. Resting sites located close to villages were visited more repeatedly than those located further away, suggesting that focusing on a few familiar and quiet resting sites was a successful strategy for resting undisturbed in an anthropized landscape. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-03a2260cd08b44cd8d475da1eb7542962025-08-20T02:56:31ZengWileyEcology and Evolution2045-77582023-07-01137n/an/a10.1002/ece3.10336Hogs sleep like logs: Wild boars reduce the risk of anthropic disturbance by adjusting where they restGustave Fradin0Simon Chamaillé‐Jammes1CEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD Montpellier FranceCEFE, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD Montpellier FranceAbstract Many animals living in anthropized landscapes try to avoid encountering people by being active at night. By doing so, however, they risk being disturbed while at rest during the day. To mitigate this risk, diurnally resting species may be highly selective about where they rest. Here, we used GPS and activity sensors to study how wild boars (Sus scrofa) might adjust their resting site selection and revisitation patterns to the risk of disturbance by people. We evaluated the probability of daytime relocation to assess the efficacy of wild boars' resting strategy in reducing the risk of human encounter while at rest. We attempted to identify the cause of some relocations using audio recordings. Generally, we found that wild boars did not specifically avoid resting near villages or roads, that is, where the risk of encountering people is higher, if they could find sites with suitable vegetation cover. The risk of disturbance by people was low, even near villages. Resting sites located close to villages were visited more repeatedly than those located further away, suggesting that focusing on a few familiar and quiet resting sites was a successful strategy for resting undisturbed in an anthropized landscape.https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10336activity patternanthropizationhabitat selectionhuman activitiessleep |
| spellingShingle | Gustave Fradin Simon Chamaillé‐Jammes Hogs sleep like logs: Wild boars reduce the risk of anthropic disturbance by adjusting where they rest Ecology and Evolution activity pattern anthropization habitat selection human activities sleep |
| title | Hogs sleep like logs: Wild boars reduce the risk of anthropic disturbance by adjusting where they rest |
| title_full | Hogs sleep like logs: Wild boars reduce the risk of anthropic disturbance by adjusting where they rest |
| title_fullStr | Hogs sleep like logs: Wild boars reduce the risk of anthropic disturbance by adjusting where they rest |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hogs sleep like logs: Wild boars reduce the risk of anthropic disturbance by adjusting where they rest |
| title_short | Hogs sleep like logs: Wild boars reduce the risk of anthropic disturbance by adjusting where they rest |
| title_sort | hogs sleep like logs wild boars reduce the risk of anthropic disturbance by adjusting where they rest |
| topic | activity pattern anthropization habitat selection human activities sleep |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.10336 |
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