Impact of wild boar (Sus scrofa) in its introduced and native range: a review

MN Barrios-Garcia, SA Ballari - Biological invasions, 2012 - Springer
Wild boar are now present on all continents except Antarctica and can greatly affect
community structure and ecosystem function. Their destructive feeding habits, primarily …

[BOOK][B] Fire in Mediterranean ecosystems: ecology, evolution and management

JE Keeley, WJ Bond, RA Bradstock, JG Pausas… - 2011 - books.google.com
Exploring the role of fire in each of the five Mediterranean-type climate ecosystems, this
book offers a unique view of the evolution of fire-adapted traits and the role of fire in sha** …

Altered ecosystem carbon and nitrogen cycles by plant invasion: a meta‐analysis

C Liao, R Peng, Y Luo, X Zhou, X Wu, C Fang… - New …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Plant invasion potentially alters ecosystem carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) cycles. However, the
overall direction and magnitude of such alterations are poorly quantified.• Here, 94 …

Herbivory limits success of vegetation restoration globally

C Xu, BR Silliman, J Chen, X Li, MS Thomsen, Q Zhang… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Restoring vegetation in degraded ecosystems is an increasingly common practice for
promoting biodiversity and ecological function, but successful implementation is hampered …

Microbiological conditions of meats from large game animals and birds

CO Gill - Meat science, 2007 - Elsevier
Large game animals and birds used for the commercial production of meat include deer of
various species, wild boar and feral pigs, ostriches, emus and rheas, crocodiles and …

Functional traits—not nativeness—shape the effects of large mammalian herbivores on plant communities

EJ Lundgren, J Bergman, J Trepel, E Le Roux… - Science, 2024 - science.org
Large mammalian herbivores (megafauna) have experienced extinctions and declines since
prehistory. Introduced megafauna have partly counteracted these losses yet are thought to …

Research priorities for managing invasive wild pigs in North America

JC Beasley, SS Ditchkoff, JJ Mayer… - The Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
With recent increases in distribution and numbers of feral pigs (Sus scrofa; invasive wild
pigs) in North America, there has been a concurrent increase in the ecological and …

Anthropogenic factors predict movement of an invasive species

MA Tabak, AJ Piaggio, RS Miller, RA Sweitzer… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Humans are playing an increasingly large role in the expansion of invasive species'
distributions, but few (if any) studies have evaluated anthropogenic factors associated with …

Managing wild pigs: a technical guide

BC West, AL Cooper, JB Armstrong - 2009 - digitalcommons.usu.edu
Since their introduction to North America, wild pigs have become one of the more serious
wildlife problems in the United States. Conover (2002) opines that the vast majority of …

Exotic Annual Bromus Invasions: Comparisons Among Species and Ecoregions in the Western United States

ML Brooks, CS Brown, JC Chambers… - Exotic brome-grasses in …, 2016 - Springer
Exotic annual Bromus species are widely recognized for their potential to invade, dominate,
and alter the structure and function of ecosystems. In this chapter, we summarize the …