Feeding patterns and parasitofauna of wolves in southwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Feeding patterns and parasitofauna of wolves in southwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic
Original language description
Feeding patterns and parasitofauna composition of wolves returning to human-dominated landscape of Central Europe are interconnected phenomena that reflect the dynamics of herbivore populations and parasite communities. This study aims to evaluate diet composition, prey selection and endoparasites of wolves in the newly recolonized area of southwestern Bohemia, where several wolf territories were established in the last decade. Analysis of 361 scats revealed that wild ungulates made up 92.8% of the total biomass consumed (Bio%). Significant alternative prey after wild ungulates was Eurasian beaver (3.9% of Bio). Despite small proportion in the local ungulate community, wolves showed a strong preference for roe deer (D = 0.76), while wild boar was totally avoided (D = -0.94). Coproscopic analysis of 369 scats showed that 81.6% of the scats were positive for fecal stages of at least one parasite species, including spurious parasites originating from predation, scavenging and/or coprophagia. Based on morphological and molecular analyses, nine groups of endoparasites were identified. The most frequently detected were Sarcocystis spp. (55.3%) followed by species of family Capillariidae (38.8%) and taeniid tapeworms (18.4%). This study represents the first examination of endoparasites of free-ranging wolves in the Czech Republic based on the examination of scats, and it reports the highest rate of parasite stages compared to similar studies from neighbouring countries.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10613 - Zoology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Silva Gabreta
ISSN
1211-7420
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
Neuveden
Issue of the periodical within the volume
31
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
15
Pages from-to
67-81
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105031718854