The rise and fall of wild boar in a northern environment
Evidence from stable isotopes and subfossil finds
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 12266455 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Jørgen Rosvold (0000-0001-9555-5217, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, autor de correspondencia), Duncan J Halley (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research), Anne Karin Hufthammer (0000-0002-1570-9667, University of Bergen), Masao Minagawa (Hokkaido University), Reidar Andersen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) |
| Año | 2010 |
| Volumen | 20 |
| Número | 7 |
| Páginas | 1113-1121 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2010-07-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | The Holocene (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0959-6836 • E-ISSN: 1477-0911 |
| Editorial | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0959683610369505 |
| OpenAlex | W2128969057 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 20 |
| Referencias citadas | 40 |
Here we use long-term data from Holocene archaeological bone assemblages in order to investigate how changes in climate, vegetation and human land use might have influenced the distribution of wild boar ( Sus scrofa) in Norway during the Holocene. We combine four lines of evidence: an analysis of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in a time series of subfossil teeth, distribution data of bone finds from 31 archaeological sites, changes in the relative abundance of wild ungulates from four of these sites and historical documents. A significant change in Sus diet, indicated by δ 15 N levels, was found. This coincided with the spread of agriculture and indicates a change from wild boar to domestic pigs. Based on this finding the distributional data show that the Norwegian wild boar was limited to the coastal broadleaved forests even during the most optimal climatic period. A reduction in the relative abundance of wild boar, and later extinction, seems to coincide with a reduction in such habitat, caused partly by climatic change but more pronouncedly by human habitat alterations, and competition with domestic animals. The data indicate that the primary factor limiting the northern distribution of wild boar is the availability of food resources
Abundance (ecology · Archaeology · Biology · Competition (biology · Geography · Habitat · Holocene · Subfossil · Vegetation (pathology · Wild boar · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Ecology
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