Consistent inter-individual variability in movement traits shapes the wild boar movement syndrome

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60460709%3A41320%2F25%3A102210" target="_blank" >RIV/60460709:41320/25:102210 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf036" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf036</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/araf036" target="_blank" >10.1093/beheco/araf036</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Consistent inter-individual variability in movement traits shapes the wild boar movement syndrome

Original language description

Consistent intraspecific variation in behavior directly impacts reactions to environmental challenges, including life in human-altered landscapes. Yet, it is rarely considered in free-ranging species thriving in anthropogenic landscapes and causing human-wildlife conflict. Here, we examine the consistent inter-individual variability in wild boar movement traits and highlight its potential for ecology and practical management. We used satellite telemetry data from 95 GPS-tracked wild boars monitored in Czechia and computed weekly movement rate (activity), intensity of space use (exploration), and diurnality (boldness). Using a variance partitioning approach, we tested whether these traits were repeatable over time and therefore considered personality traits, and using Bayesian multivariate mixed-effect models, we examined the correlations among these traits to describe a behavioral syndrome while controlling for external and internal sources of variation. Wild boar showed significant consistent inter-individual variation in all three traits, with repeatability ranging from 0.16 to 0.35. We found significant correlations between traits, indicating the existence of a remarkable movement syndrome. Individuals staying within familiar areas were less nocturnal and moved slower, as opposed to individuals roaming more outside familiar areas, faster and with striking nocturnality. The movement syndrome and, most importantly, its variability, with individuals ranging in between extremes of activity and exploration, likely contributes to the success of this species and helps them thrive in human-dominated landscapes while maximizing resource acquisition. Integrating intraspecific behavioral variation into ecology and practical population management could improve models predicting wild boar movement and alleviate the biodiversity and economic loss caused by expanding wild boar populations.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10614 - Behavioral sciences biology

Project

<a href="/en/project/EF16_019%2F0000803" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000803: Advanced research supporting the forestry and wood-processing sector´s adaptation to global change and the 4th industrial revolution</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2025

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Behavioral Ecology

ISSN

1045-2249

e-ISSN

1045-2249

Volume of the periodical

36

Issue of the periodical within the volume

JUL-AUG 2025

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

17

Pages from-to

1-17

UT code for WoS article

001499720500001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105007027367