Tell me what you eat and I’ll tell you…where you live: an updated review of the worldwide distribution and foraging ecology of the fallow deer (Dama dama)

Esattore, Bruno; Saggiomo, Laura; Sensi, Marco; Francia, Vanessa; Cherin, Marco

doi:10.1007/s42991-022-00250-6

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“…These biomes are more anthropised than others [ 106 , 107 , 108 ], probably because they are widely distributed in countries with early human presence, mostly in the Mediterranean Basin and, more generally, in Europe. In addition, early anthropization can be a major driver of the presence of established populations of introduced species, especially the paleo-introduced ones, such as the fallow deer Dama dama and the crested porcupine Hystrix cristata in our fieldwork area (e.g., [ 109 , 110 ]). Both the Mediterranean and Temperate biomes also include some of the countries with suitable latitudes (and consequently climates) for allowing growth and reproduction of introduced terrestrial vertebrates [ 72 , 73 ], such as Italy and Spain, but also USA and UK, with all of them providing published studies to our literature review.…”

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Aliens on the Road: Surveying Wildlife Roadkill to Assess the Risk of Biological Invasion

Viviano

D’Amico

Mori

2023

Biology

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Monitoring the presence and distribution of alien species is pivotal to assessing the risk of biological invasion. In our study, we carried out a worldwide review of roadkill data to investigate geographical patterns of biological invasions. We hypothesise that roadkill data from published literature can turn out to be a valuable resource for researchers and wildlife managers, especially when more focused surveys cannot be performed. We retrieved a total of 2314 works published until January 2022. Among those, only 41 (including our original data) fitted our requirements (i.e., including a total list of roadkilled terrestrial vertebrates, with a number of affected individuals for each species) and were included in our analysis. All roadkilled species from retrieved studies were classified as native or introduced (domestic, paleo-introduced, or recently released). We found that a higher number of introduced species would be recorded among roadkill in Mediterranean and Temperate areas with respect to Tropical and Desert biomes. This is definitely in line with the current knowledge on alien species distribution at the global scale, thus confirming that roadkill datasets can be used beyond the study of road impacts, such as for an assessment of different levels of biological invasions among different countries.

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Aliens on the Road: Surveying Wildlife Roadkill to Assess the Risk of Biological Invasion

Viviano

D’Amico

Mori

2023

Biology

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“…6). However, they are likely to overlap spatially with badgers, wild boar and foxes in many of the locations in which they occur, particularly given that their home ranges can extend to 9.75 km 2 (Chapman & Chapman 1980, Borkowski & Pudełko 2007, Caravaggi et al 2018, Esattore et al 2022. Their populations are expanding rapidly in Britain with the potential for a range increase from 25000 to 60000 km 2 , possibly aided by increased habitat provided by broadleaf tree plantings (Ward 2005, Croft et al 2019.…”

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A review of bovine tuberculosis transmission risk in European wildlife communities

Justus,

Valle,

Barton

et al. 2024

Mammal Review

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Understanding how disease moves through wildlife communities is essential to managing outbreaks of zoonotic diseases across the globe. Bovine tuberculosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium bovis that can threaten domestic and wildlife species. The mechanism by which Mycobacterium bovis is spread between species is still poorly understood. Previous reviews are limited in the breadth of species considered and are primarily concerned with transmission from wildlife to domestic species. We conducted a review and analysis of Mycobacterium bovis prevalence rates in European wildlife species to identify species of concern for the transmission of bovine tuberculosis in a wildlife community. We subsequently conducted a narrative review of these species assessing the risk of Mycobacterium bovis transmission in a wildlife community based on available literature. We calculated weighted mean disease prevalence rates to be highest in fallow deer (Dama dama, 20%), Eurasian badgers (Meles meles, 11%), wild boar (Sus scrofa, 9%) and red foxes (Vulpes vulpes, 4%). We considered these species to be of particular concern for the transmission of Mycobacterium bovis and selected them as the focus of our narrative review and risk assessment. Our risk assessment considered disease pathology, spatiotemporal activity patterns and animal behaviour as factors affecting the likelihood of Mycobacterium bovis transmission between wildlife species. We found that prior research has principally focused on a few individual species, but that Mycobacterium bovis transmission through a wildlife community is likely more complex. We determined that disease transmission between multiple species may compound the severity of an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis. Broad, multi‐species sampling campaigns and standardised Mycobacterium bovis testing protocols should be implemented in future studies. We also determined that an in‐depth analysis of spatiotemporal overlap between species was needed to better assess the risk of transmission between wildlife species.

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“…The fallow deer (Dama dama) is currently one of the most widespread cervids in the world, and despite being considered an allochtonous species in many ecosystems (1), its importance in agriculture is growing with the increasing interest in alternative sources of meat for human consumption. In Europe, the fallow deer is the second most farmed cervid after the red deer (2), and is now widely distributed both in hunting grounds and game reserves (3).…”

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An alien parasite in a changing world – Ashworthius sidemi has lost its traditional seasonal dynamics

Magdálek,

Škorpíková,

McFarland

et al. 2023

Front. Vet. Sci.

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A non-native nematode Ashworthius sidemi has emerged in captive fallow deer in Central and Eastern Europe over the last decade. Although this parasite has been spreading in the wild outside it’s native distributional range and colonising local European host species since the middle of the last century, limited information has been published on the seasonality of A. sidemi and its susceptibility to anthelmintics. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted a study to investigate seasonal dynamics of the non-native parasite in the current Central European climate conditions. We collected freshly voided faecal pellets at four-week intervals from February 2018 to February 2020 at a fallow deer reserve with a known history of A. sidemi presence. The faecal pellets obtained were pooled after each site visit (n = 25) and coprocultured to obtain the third stage larvae of trichostrongylid nematodes at monthly intervals. Total genomic DNA was extracted from the recovered larvae. Using real-time multiplex PCR, A. sidemi DNA was detected in 17 out of 25 larval samples (68% prevalence). During the monitoring period, the annual administration of ivermectin based premix (Cermix) took place in January 2018, 2019, and 2020, and additionally a mixture of rafoxanide and mebendazole (Rafendazol) was administered once in spring 2019. The probability of parasite presence was significantly influenced by the time since the drug administration (p = 0.048) and the mean temperature at the location (p = 0.013). Larval samples negative for A. sidemi were always identified shortly after the drug administration. However, rapid pasture contamination by the parasite eggs from two to three months after Cermix administration and within one month after Rafendazol administration suggest only a short-lived efficacy of both administered drugs. The abundance of A. sidemi DNA was positively affected by mean temperature (p = 0.044) and remained relatively stable throughout the monitoring period, with the highest peak in August 2018 and 2019. Pasture contamination with A. sidemi eggs occurred almost all year round, with the exception of the beginning of 2018, 2019, and 2020. These findings indicate adaptation of a non-native parasite to the current climatic conditions of the Czech Republic resulted in negligible seasonal patterns of parasite egg shedding.

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Tell me what you eat and I’ll tell you…where you live: an updated review of the worldwide distribution and foraging ecology of the fallow deer (Dama dama)

Cited by 15 publications

References 73 publications

Aliens on the Road: Surveying Wildlife Roadkill to Assess the Risk of Biological Invasion

Aliens on the Road: Surveying Wildlife Roadkill to Assess the Risk of Biological Invasion

A review of bovine tuberculosis transmission risk in European wildlife communities

An alien parasite in a changing world – Ashworthius sidemi has lost its traditional seasonal dynamics

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