Feeding patterns and parasitofauna of wolves in southwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Feeding patterns and parasitofauna of wolves in southwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Feeding patterns and parasitofauna of wolves in southwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

Druh

J_SC - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10613 - Zoology

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Silva Gabreta

ISSN

1211-7420

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

Neuveden

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

31

Stát vydavatele periodika

CZ - Česká republika

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

67-81

Kód UT WoS článku

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EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-105031718854