Coping with wild boar in a conservation area: impacts of a 10-year management control program in north-eastern Argentina

Wild boar (Sus scrofa) are of serious concern in numerous conservation areas such as El Palmar National Park, Argentina, where their increasing abundance affected the iconic palm tree Butia yatay. We assessed the effectiveness of an innovative management control program on wild boar population dynam...

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Autores principales: Gürtler, R.E., Martín Izquierdo, V., Gil, G., Cavicchia, M., Maranta, A.
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Materias:
Conservation areas
Population dynamics
Sustainability
Ungulates
Wild boar
Wildlife management
abundance
biological invasion
conservation management
ecological impact
ecosystem management
hunting
invasive species
population growth
population viability analysis
protected area
stakeholder
sustainability
tree
ungulate
wildlife management
Argentina
El Palmar National Park
Entre Rios
Butia yatay
Canidae
Canis familiaris
Sus scrofa
Ungulata
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_13873547_v19_n1_p11_Gurtler
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spelling todo:paper_13873547_v19_n1_p11_Gurtler2023-10-03T16:12:28Z Coping with wild boar in a conservation area: impacts of a 10-year management control program in north-eastern Argentina Gürtler, R.E. Martín Izquierdo, V. Gil, G. Cavicchia, M. Maranta, A. Conservation areas Population dynamics Sustainability Ungulates Wild boar Wildlife management abundance biological invasion conservation management ecological impact ecosystem management hunting invasive species population growth population viability analysis protected area stakeholder sustainability tree ungulate wildlife management Argentina El Palmar National Park Entre Rios Butia yatay Canidae Canis familiaris Sus scrofa Ungulata Wild boar (Sus scrofa) are of serious concern in numerous conservation areas such as El Palmar National Park, Argentina, where their increasing abundance affected the iconic palm tree Butia yatay. We assessed the effectiveness of an innovative management control program on wild boar population dynamics and ground rooting area over 10 years. Park personnel recruited and supervised local recreational hunters who regularly conducted controlled still shooting from widely distributed watchtowers and used trained dogs mainly during the first 2 years post-intervention (YPI). We used the detailed records of harvest and hunting effort to estimate time- and stage-specific catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) indices and stochastic population growth rates (μ). Catch was linearly related to hunting effort except at large effort levels. CPUE indices declined exponentially at 5–7 % month−1 over 0–1 YPI and thereafter stabilized with μ indistinguishable from 0. Relative to baseline levels, culling reduced annual pregnancy rates, the fraction of juveniles and older adults, and ground rooting area below target values (<1.3 %). Incipient population recovery followed one of two periods of marginal hunting effort. The program generated few undesirable collateral effects mainly related to dog-hunting. Mesopredator abundance (foxes) steadily increased following a large outbreak of canine distemper at baseline. The combined use of standardized CPUE indices, body-length data and simple population viability analysis models provided reliable metrics for wild boar trend analysis and management. Unlike a preceding plan, a highly structured multi-stakeholder program proved to be sustainable and brought wild boar abundance to a low-density, unstable equilibrium causing minimal damage. © 2016, Springer International Publishing Switzerland. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_13873547_v19_n1_p11_Gurtler
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topic Conservation areas
Population dynamics
Sustainability
Ungulates
Wild boar
Wildlife management
abundance
biological invasion
conservation management
ecological impact
ecosystem management
hunting
invasive species
population growth
population viability analysis
protected area
stakeholder
sustainability
tree
ungulate
wildlife management
Argentina
El Palmar National Park
Entre Rios
Butia yatay
Canidae
Canis familiaris
Sus scrofa
Ungulata
spellingShingle Conservation areas
Population dynamics
Sustainability
Ungulates
Wild boar
Wildlife management
abundance
biological invasion
conservation management
ecological impact
ecosystem management
hunting
invasive species
population growth
population viability analysis
protected area
stakeholder
sustainability
tree
ungulate
wildlife management
Argentina
El Palmar National Park
Entre Rios
Butia yatay
Canidae
Canis familiaris
Sus scrofa
Ungulata
Gürtler, R.E.
Martín Izquierdo, V.
Gil, G.
Cavicchia, M.
Maranta, A.
Coping with wild boar in a conservation area: impacts of a 10-year management control program in north-eastern Argentina
topic_facet Conservation areas
Population dynamics
Sustainability
Ungulates
Wild boar
Wildlife management
abundance
biological invasion
conservation management
ecological impact
ecosystem management
hunting
invasive species
population growth
population viability analysis
protected area
stakeholder
sustainability
tree
ungulate
wildlife management
Argentina
El Palmar National Park
Entre Rios
Butia yatay
Canidae
Canis familiaris
Sus scrofa
Ungulata
description Wild boar (Sus scrofa) are of serious concern in numerous conservation areas such as El Palmar National Park, Argentina, where their increasing abundance affected the iconic palm tree Butia yatay. We assessed the effectiveness of an innovative management control program on wild boar population dynamics and ground rooting area over 10 years. Park personnel recruited and supervised local recreational hunters who regularly conducted controlled still shooting from widely distributed watchtowers and used trained dogs mainly during the first 2 years post-intervention (YPI). We used the detailed records of harvest and hunting effort to estimate time- and stage-specific catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) indices and stochastic population growth rates (μ). Catch was linearly related to hunting effort except at large effort levels. CPUE indices declined exponentially at 5–7 % month−1 over 0–1 YPI and thereafter stabilized with μ indistinguishable from 0. Relative to baseline levels, culling reduced annual pregnancy rates, the fraction of juveniles and older adults, and ground rooting area below target values (<1.3 %). Incipient population recovery followed one of two periods of marginal hunting effort. The program generated few undesirable collateral effects mainly related to dog-hunting. Mesopredator abundance (foxes) steadily increased following a large outbreak of canine distemper at baseline. The combined use of standardized CPUE indices, body-length data and simple population viability analysis models provided reliable metrics for wild boar trend analysis and management. Unlike a preceding plan, a highly structured multi-stakeholder program proved to be sustainable and brought wild boar abundance to a low-density, unstable equilibrium causing minimal damage. © 2016, Springer International Publishing Switzerland.
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author Gürtler, R.E.
Martín Izquierdo, V.
Gil, G.
Cavicchia, M.
Maranta, A.
author_facet Gürtler, R.E.
Martín Izquierdo, V.
Gil, G.
Cavicchia, M.
Maranta, A.
author_sort Gürtler, R.E.
title Coping with wild boar in a conservation area: impacts of a 10-year management control program in north-eastern Argentina
title_short Coping with wild boar in a conservation area: impacts of a 10-year management control program in north-eastern Argentina
title_full Coping with wild boar in a conservation area: impacts of a 10-year management control program in north-eastern Argentina
title_fullStr Coping with wild boar in a conservation area: impacts of a 10-year management control program in north-eastern Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Coping with wild boar in a conservation area: impacts of a 10-year management control program in north-eastern Argentina
title_sort coping with wild boar in a conservation area: impacts of a 10-year management control program in north-eastern argentina
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