Anthropization impacts the selection of resting sites and their centrality in movement networks: wild boar across Europe as an example

Bibtex

@misc{42de5fdf-dae0-48a5-b5d0-f0304acae930,
title = "Anthropization impacts the selection of resting sites and their centrality in movement networks: wild boar across Europe as an example",
abstract = "For many animal species, resting and activity happen at distinct sites. As animals are limited in how far they can travel between resting and foraging sites, the spatial layout of those sites may constrain animal movements across the landscape. In anthropized landscapes, suitable resting sites are often scarce and dispersed, and movements between them are generally more constrained than in natural landscapes. In this context, animals may not be able to travel between any pair of resting sites in one single phase of activity. Thus, it is likely that in anthropized landscapes, some resting sites have a central position in the movement patterns of animals, serving as ‘stepping-stones' allowing them to travel between different sectors of their home range. We tested this hypothesis by investigating the resting site selection and movement patterns of wild boars Sus scrofa along wide gradients of anthropization and forest cover across Europe. First, we characterized the dynamics of resting site utilization by the wild boar in response to anthropization, on a continental scale. Then, using network analysis applied to animal movements, and betweenness centrality as a metric, we investigated the relative contribution of resting and activity sites in connecting different parts of the home range. We found that the importance of resting sites in structuring movement patterns depended on the characteristics of the landscape, and notably on the level of anthropization. Our results suggest that in anthropized landscapes, where resting sites are sometimes a limiting resource for many animals, their spatial layout may play an often unnoticed yet important role in allowing animal movements across the landscape.",
author = "Gustave Fradin and Tsviatko Alexandrov and Marco Apollonio and Janosch Arnold and Grzegorz Baś and Eric Baubet and Francesca Brivio and Rudy Brogi and Jim Casaer and Attila Farkas and Claude Fischer and József-Tamás Fodor and Stefano Grignolio and Justine Güldenpfennig and Marco Heurich and Klemen Jerina and Miloš Ježek and Oliver Keuling and Petter Kjellander and Alisa Klamm and Stephanie Kramer-Schadt and Alain Licoppe and Kevin Morelle and András Náhlik and Tomasz Podgórski and Johan Roy and Sonia Saïd and Thomas Scheppers and Stefan Suter and Tamás Tari and Joaquín Vicente and Simon Chamaillé-Jammes",
year = "2025",
month = aug,
day = "13",
doi = "https://doi.org/10.1002/oik.11295",
language = "English",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
address = "Belgium,
type = "Other"
}

Authors

Gustave Fradin
Tsviatko Alexandrov
Marco Apollonio
Janosch Arnold
Grzegorz Baś
Eric Baubet
Francesca Brivio
Rudy Brogi
Jim Casaer
Attila Farkas
Claude Fischer
József-Tamás Fodor
Stefano Grignolio
Justine Güldenpfennig
Marco Heurich
Klemen Jerina
Miloš Ježek
Oliver Keuling
Petter Kjellander
Alisa Klamm
Stephanie Kramer-Schadt
Alain Licoppe
Kevin Morelle
András Náhlik
Tomasz Podgórski
Johan Roy
Sonia Saïd
Thomas Scheppers
Stefan Suter
Tamás Tari
Joaquín Vicente
Simon Chamaillé-Jammes