Are pigs eating all the acorns? | #105

Wild Turkey Science

Charlotte Nowak

Natural Sciences, Science

5.0 • 587 Ratings

🗓️ 11 November 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we review the available research on wild pig competition for acorns and their impact on competing wildlife species. We discuss the concept of competitive exclusion, the role of acorns in the diets of various species, the implications of pig removal on ecosystem dynamics, and what this means for turkeys.

Resources:

Anderson, W. M., et al. (2018). Using DNA metabarcoding to examine wild pig (Sus scrofa) diets in a subtropical agro-ecosystem. In Proceedings of the Vertebrate Pest Conference (Vol. 28, No. 28).

Bieber, C., & Ruf, T. (2005). Population dynamics in wild boar Sus scrofa: ecology, elasticity of growth rate and implications for the management of pulsed resource consumers. Journal of Applied Ecology, 42(6), 1203-1213.

Cutini, A., et al. (2013). Mast seeding in deciduous forests of the northern Apennines (Italy) and its influence on wild boar population dynamics. Annals of forest science, 70, 493-502.

Dykstra, A. M., et al. (2023). Biological invasions disrupt activity patterns of native wildlife: An example from wild pigs. Food Webs, 34, e00270.

Fay, A. S., et al. (2023). Impacts of wild pigs on acorn availability as a food source for native wildlife. Wildlife Research, 50(12), 1123-1130.

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Shimada, T., Iijima, H., & Kotaka, N. (2024). Wild boar population fluctuations in a subtropical forest: the crucial role of mast seeding in Ryukyu Islands, Japan. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 70(3), 1-11.

USDA Feral Swine Population Distribution

Wood, G. W., & Roark, D. N. (1980). Food habits of feral hogs in coastal South Carolina. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 44(2), 506-511.

Wentworth, J. M., Johnson, A. S., & Hale, P. E. (1989). Influence of acorn abundance on whitetailed deer in the Southern Appalachians. In Proceedings of Workshop Southern Appalachian Mountain Range (pp. 2-6). Knoxville: University of Tennesee.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Wild Turkey Science, a podcast made possible by Turkeys for Tomorrow.
0:14.0	I'm Dr. Marcus Lashley, Professor of Wildlife Ecology at the University of Florida.
0:20.2	And I'm Dr. Will Gulsby, Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Management at Auburn University.
0:26.0	We're both lifelong hunters and devoted scientists who are passionate about hunting,
0:30.7	managing, and researching wild turkeys.
0:33.4	In this podcast, we'll explore turkey research, speak to the experts in the field,
0:38.5	and address the difficult questions related to wild turkey ecology and management.
0:43.6	Our goal is to serve as your connection to wild turkey science.
0:53.3	Well, it's going to be a bucket full of acres is what it's going to be.
0:57.4	Bucket full of acres.
1:00.6	Yeah.
1:01.1	So we're still talking about that, huh?
1:06.2	Yeah, I feel like people just haven't gotten enough.
1:09.2	We went all the way through October, a bunch of episodes.
1:14.9	We got a bunch of feedback from that.
1:17.6	People seem to like several things that we talked about.
1:20.5	There were a few things that maybe they didn't like.
1:22.9	Yeah.
1:23.7	And I've been hearing from several listeners recently that they're sitting in tree stands in nice weather
1:29.5	oftentimes listening to Akron's fall
1:31.7	while we're talking about them.
1:33.4	So we definitely got the short end of this stick.
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