U.S. Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Date of this Version
12-2010
Citation
The Southwestern Naturalist 55(4):564–600
Abstract
ABSTRACT—Wild boars (Sus scrofa) are increasing in abundance and geographic distribution throughout North America. Our objectives were to determine daily and hourly activity patterns. We placed global-positioning-system collars on 25 wild boars from two sites in southern Texas. Wild boars at both sites displayed highly nocturnal activity patterns, and during the dormant and early growing season, activity increased with rising temperatures.
RESUMEN—Los jabalı´s (Sus scrofa) esta´n incrementando su abundancia y distribucio´n geogra´fica en toda Norteame´rica. Nuestros objetivos fueron determinar los patrones de actividad por dı´a y por hora. Colocamos collares con sistemas de posicionamiento global en 25 jabalı´s en dos sitios al sur de Texas. Jabalı´s en ambos sitios mostraron patrones de alta actividad nocturna, y durante la temporada de inactividad y crecimiento temprano, la actividad se incremento´ con el aumento de la temperatura.