SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PERSONALITY IN FREE-RANGING WILD BOARS: INSIGHTS FROM GPS TRACKING

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PERSONALITY IN FREE-RANGING WILD BOARS: INSIGHTS FROM GPS TRACKING

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

SOCIAL NETWORKS AND PERSONALITY IN FREE-RANGING WILD BOARS: INSIGHTS FROM GPS TRACKING

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10614 - Behavioral sciences biology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název statě ve sborníku

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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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

1

Strana od-do

35-35

Název nakladatele

Fakulta lesnická a dřevařská ČZU & ČSEtS

Místo vydání

Praha

Místo konání akce

Praha

Datum konání akce

1. 1. 2025

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

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