Wild boar rooting impacts soil function differently in different plant community types

Barrios-García, M. Noelia; González-Polo, Marina; Simberloff, Daniel; Classen, Aimée T.

doi:10.1007/s10530-022-02936-x

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“…The work by Bruinderink and Hazebroek [34] and Mohr et al [35] found no effect of rooting on characteristics such as soil horizon depth, soil pH, organic matter, and nitrogen content. A more recent study showed that some values do not illustrate significant differences but suggest that wild boars engage in a natural plowing action by mixing litter with the upper mineral horizons of the soil, resulting in a more homogeneous distribution of nutrients [36][37][38][39].…”

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Comparative Effects of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Rooting on the Chemical Properties of Soils in Natural and Post-Fire Environments of the Edough Forest Massif (Northeastern Algeria)

Benotmane,

Boukheroufa,

Sakraoui

et al. 2024

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Wild boars use a wide range of habitats. Their invasive nature is gaining attention due to the complexity of its impact. The goal of this research is to analyze the impact of the wild boar on the chemical properties of soils in a natural and a post-fire forest in the Edough Forest Massif in Algeria. This study compares the impact of wild boar rooting on soil parameters to determine the functional role of the wild boar. The research was conducted during the winter of 2022. The study sites included a natural forest and a post-fire area. Rooting tracks were geolocated and soil samples were collected. The results show significant differences between rooted and control patches in the chemical parameters measured in the two environments. However, in the natural environment, significant differences were only noted for the calcium content and electrical conductivity. But in the post-fire environment, strong significant differences were observed for all measured parameters, suggesting that wild boars do not exert a noticeable soil homogenization effect on the soil properties. This research highlights the importance of understanding and managing the impact of wild boars in natural and post-fire forests on soil formation processes, the diversity of soil properties, and their magnitude.

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Comparative Effects of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Rooting on the Chemical Properties of Soils in Natural and Post-Fire Environments of the Edough Forest Massif (Northeastern Algeria)

Benotmane,

Boukheroufa,

Sakraoui

et al. 2024

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“…It is noteworthy that pig soil disturbance's effect size was larger than previously described environmental factors associated with M. crenata establishment including light availability and leaf litter cover. Pig rooting creates microsites for M. crenata 's colonization by additionally removing native plants reducing root competition and altering the soil's physical and chemical properties, which potentially favor M. crenata 's establishment over native plants (Barrios‐Garcia et al, 2022; Fujinuma & Harrison, 2012). By turning over the soil, pigs may also bring up buried M. crenata seeds in the soil to the surface, exposing them to sunlight for germination, further benefiting their invasion (Metcalfe & Turner, 1998).…”

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Recolonizing native wildlife facilitates exotic plant invasion into Singapore's rain forests

Ho,

Dehaudt,

Lee

et al. 2023

Biotropica

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Halting biological invasions and rewilding extirpated native fauna are conservation interventions to bolster biodiversity, species interactions, and ecosystems. These actions are often considered separately and the potential for reintroduced wildlife to facilitate invasive plants has been largely overlooked. Here, we investigated the role of Singapore's recolonizing native wild pigs (Sus scrofa) in facilitating an invasive weed Miconia crenata into tropical rainforests, which are normally highly resistant to invasion. We conducted line‐transect surveys in 11 Singaporean rain forests and used generalized linear mixed models to consider the contribution of pigs' soil disturbances, human forest paths, and other environmental covariates, on the density of M. crenata. We found that M. crenata was more abundant at forest edges and invasion into forest interior was facilitated by pigs, paths, and canopy gaps, but that these effects were all additive, not synergistic (i.e., not multiplicative). These results highlight how modern invasions are driven by multiple disturbances as well as propagule pressure (e.g., urban birds dispersing seeds at forest edges where they establish in pig soil disturbances). Singapore's extensive native forest restoration efforts may have provided plentiful edge and secondary forests that are well suited to pigs and M. crenata, which in turn undermine the aims of fostering later‐successional native plant communities. To prevent negative externalities, we suggest that plant restoration and rewilding projects consider the potential role of wildlife in facilitating non‐native plants, and couple these actions with preliminary screening of unintended consequences and continued monitoring, as well as limiting human‐mediated weed invasion to minimize propagule sources.

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“…Large exotic species as wild boars in such preserved areas may be more difficult to control due to resistance of capture by trapping and slaughter by firearm [ 14 ]. In addition, soil rooting habits of wild boars may result in decrease of vegetal coverage, micro-arthropod richness and abundance, disbalance of soil components as phosphorus, nitrogen, magnesium, manganes and zinc, causing soil sedimentation, altering soil structure and composition in both natural preserved and agricultural areas [ 79 , 80 ].…”

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One Health at gunpoint: Impact of wild boars as exotic species in Brazil - A review

Kmetiuk,

Biondo,

Pedrosa

et al. 2023

One Health

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Wild boar rooting impacts soil function differently in different plant community types

Cited by 12 publications

References 39 publications

Comparative Effects of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Rooting on the Chemical Properties of Soils in Natural and Post-Fire Environments of the Edough Forest Massif (Northeastern Algeria)

Comparative Effects of Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) Rooting on the Chemical Properties of Soils in Natural and Post-Fire Environments of the Edough Forest Massif (Northeastern Algeria)

Recolonizing native wildlife facilitates exotic plant invasion into Singapore's rain forests

One Health at gunpoint: Impact of wild boars as exotic species in Brazil - A review

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