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Thermoregulation in the wild boar (Sus scrofa) by Thomas Ruf; Sebastian G. Vetter; Johanna Painer-Gigler; Gabrielle Stalder; Claudia Bieber is a Environmental Science article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract The wild boar (__Sus scrofa__) originates from warm islands but now inhabits large areas of the world, with Antarctica as the only continent not inhabited by this species. One might be tempted to think that its wide distribution results from increasing environmental temperatures. However, any effect of temperature is only indirect: Abundant availability of critical food resources can fully compensate the negative effects of cold winters on population growth. Here, we asked if temperature as a habitat factor is unimportant compared with other habitat indices, simply because wild boars are excellent thermoregulators. We found that the thermoneutral zone in summer was approximately 6–24 °C. In winter, the thermoneutral zone was lowered to 0–7 °C. The estimated increase in the heart rate and energy expenditure in the cold was less than 30% per 10 °C temperature decline. This relatively small increase of energy expenditure during cold exposure places the wild boar in the realm of arctic animals, such as the polar bear, whereas tropical mammals raise their energy expenditure several fold. The response of wild boars to high T~a~ was weak across all seasons. In the heat, wild b
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- Author
- Thomas Ruf; Sebastian G. Vetter; Johanna Painer-Gigler; Gabrielle Stalder; Claudia Bieber
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Environmental Science (Life Sciences)