SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PERSONALITY IN FREE-RANGING WILD BOARS: INSIGHTS FROM GPS TRACKING
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PERSONALITY IN FREE-RANGING WILD BOARS: INSIGHTS FROM GPS TRACKING
Original language description
Animal personality influences many aspects of an individual´s life, including interactions with conspecifics. Wild boars are thought to live in complex social fission-fusion structures, with changing group sizes and dynamic associations. Yet, despite their ecological relevance and management importance, wild boar social structure and personality remain poorly studied, largely due to the tracking challenges of all individuals in free-ranging populations. In this study, we investigated the social network (SN) structure and personality traits in a free- ranging wild boar populations in the Czech Republic using previously collected GPS data (N = 85). We hypothesized that wild boar groups would be matriarchal, with solitary males, and that central individuals in SN would exhibit higher activity levels, while more peripheral individuals, with greater betweenness, would display higher exploration. Our results provide the first social network analysis of wild boars based GPS-tracking data and supports the presence of a female-led sounder. However, we found no clear relationship between network position and activity or exploration, suggesting that other factors influence individual roles withing groups. These findings offer new insights into wild boar social dynamics, with implications for future management strategies, particularly in anthropogenic environments where understanding group interactions is key to controlling their spread.
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10614 - Behavioral sciences biology
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Article name in the collection
52nd Conference of the Czech and Slovak Ethological Society - 112 52nd Conference of the Czech and Slovak Ethological Society Programme and abstracts
ISBN
978-80-213-3533-2
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Number of pages
1
Pages from-to
35-35
Publisher name
Fakulta lesnická a dřevařská ČZU & ČSEtS
Place of publication
Praha
Event location
Praha
Event date
Jan 1, 2025
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
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