Niche conservatism and the invasive potential of the wild boar

• Published in: The Journal of animal ecology Vol. 86; no. 5; pp. 1214 - 1223
• Main Authors: Sales, Lilian Patrícia, Ribeiro, Bruno R., Hayward, Matt Warrington, Paglia, Adriano, Passamani, Marcelo, Loyola, Rafael
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.09.2017; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: African swine fever; Amazonia; Animal Distribution; Animal models; Animals; Biological evolution; biological invasion; Body Temperature Regulation; Climate; Climate Change; Colonization; conservation biogeography; Diet; Dispersal; ecological invasion; ecological niche models; Economic impact; Ecosystem; evolution; Farming; feral pig; Fever; financial economics; Growth rate; Hunting; Indigenous species; Introduced Species; invasive alien species; Invasive species; livestock production; Macroecology; Neotropics; Niches; Nonnative species; Physical characteristics; Population growth; Reproduction; risk; Sus scrofa; Swine; Thermoregulation; Wave dispersion; wild boars; Amazonia; ecological niche models; conservation biogeography; invasive alien species; feral pig; biological invasion

1. Niche conservatism, i.e. the retention of a species' fundamental niche through evolutionary time, is cornerstone for biological invasion assessments. The fact that species tend to maintain their original climate niche allows predictive maps of invasion risk to anticipate potential invadable...