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Comparison of three methods to evaluate wild boar diet

SYSNO ASEP	0465646
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Comparison of three methods to evaluate wild boar diet
Author(s)	Zeman, J. (CZ) Hrbek, J. (CZ) Drimaj, J. (CZ) Kudláček, T. (CZ) Kamler, J. (CZ) Plhal, R. (CZ) Heroldová, Marta (UBO-W)_{RID, ORCID}
Number of authors	7
Source Title	Folia zoologica. - : Ústav biologie obratlovců AV ČR, v. v. i. - ISSN 0139-7893 Roč. 65, č. 3 (2016), s. 221-224
Number of pages	4 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	CZ - Czech Republic
Keywords	Sus scrofa ; food composition ; diet analysis ; stomach ; faeces
Subject RIV	EH - Ecology, Behaviour
Institutional support	UBO-W - RVO:68081766
UT WOS	000389559600007
EID SCOPUS	84997047674
Annotation	Wild boar diet composition highly reflects the management of the species as well as the level of its damaging effect. For this reason we tried to prove similarity and reliability of three methods of wild boar diet analysis to find out their suitability in practical use. Gastrointestinal tracts of 27 wild boar specimens were sampled, with the stomach and faecal contents of each individual being analysed and compared. Stomach and faeces analyses were done by identification of food items under microscope and measuring their quantity volumetrically. The third method, so called “veterinary”, was the simplest one lying in the visual estimation of diet items percentage content diluted and spread in water on a tray. The similarity evaluation by qualitative and quantitative indices and additionally the generalised additive model confirmed that it is possible to identify all major food items which indicate the main diet strategy using all three analysis methods. All three tested methods were relevant in terms of basic features of quantitative and qualitative dietary assessment. The simple “veterinary” method, based on pure estimation, was proved to be suitable for field studies.
Workplace	Institute of Vertebrate Biology
Contact	Hana Slabáková, slabakova@ivb.cz, Tel.: 543 422 524
Year of Publishing	2017

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