Latest Research

MSc Student Jack McIlraith looked at movement of wild pigs in four study sites in the USA. Using GPS tracking data from 114 individuals Jack studied how the social associations varied between sexes and site characteristics. Further, Jack looked at seasonal differences in social associations. It was shown that wild pigs exhibit heterogeneous contact patterns, with some pairs having very strong social associations and others having weak or fleeting social associations. These findings have important implications for wild pig management and disease ecology. Read more about it in our paper in the Canadian Journal of Zoology!