Title
The European wild boar (Sus scrofa): A biological invader as a recent prey of the American puma (Puma concolor) in southern Chile
Author(s)
Skewes, O.;Moraga, C. A.;Arriagada, P.;Rau, J. R.
Published
2012
Publisher
El jabalí europeo (Sus scrofa): Un invasor biológico como presa reciente del puma (Puma concolor) en el sur de Chile
Abstract
The diet of the American puma (Puma concolor) was studied in 1988 and 2004 in the foothills of the volcanoes Mocho and Choshuenco, Valdivian rainforest, southern Chile, through the identifi cation of prey-items in their feces and fi eld surveys of European wild boar (Sus scrofa) carcasses. We reported for the fi rst time the invader European wild boar as a puma's prey in Chile. The puma preys mainly on juveniles and its percentage of consumed prey ranges between 17 and 37 % according to the method employed to assess the analyses of their feces prey contents. © Sociedad de Biología de Chile.
Keywords
Biological invasions;Exotic preys;Native predators

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