No evidence of interference competition among the invasive feral pig and two native peccary species in a Neotropical wetland
Journal of Tropical Ecology
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Abstract
In South America, the invasive feral pig (Sus scrofa Linnaeus) has become established in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and in a wide range within Brazil, along the southern half of the Atlantic Forest, in the cerrado (savanna) and in the Pantanal wetland. The geographical ranges of the two most common South American native peccary (Tayassu pecari Link and Pecari tajacu Linnaeus) overlap almost entirely, and the feral pig now co-occurs with them in several areas. Because feral pig, white-lipped and collared peccary are considered ecological equivalents, there has been much speculation about possible competitive interactions among them (Desbiez et al. 2009, Sicuro & Oliveira 2002).
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | No evidence of interference competition among the invasive feral pig and two native peccary species in a Neotropical wetland |
| Series title | Journal of Tropical Ecology |
| DOI | 10.1017/S026646741100023X |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Publisher location | Cambridge, United Kingdom |
| Contributing office(s) | Southeast Ecological Science Center |
| Description | 5 p. |
| First page | 557 |
| Last page | 561 |
| Country | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay |
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