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1. Native red foxes depredate nests of alien pond sliders: Evidence from molecular detection of prey in scats

Author

Nardone, V, Bosso, L, Della Corte, M, Sasso, M, Galimberti, A, Bruno, A, Casiraghi, M, Russo, D, Nardone, V, Bosso, L, Della Corte, M, Sasso, M, Galimberti, A, Bruno, A, Casiraghi, M, and Russo, D

Abstract

Predation by native species is a chief resistance factor that may counter the spread of alien organisms. Its comprehension plays therefore an important role to assess the impact of biological invasions and implement management. In this study, we show for the first time that red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) may depredate nests of alien pond sliders (Trachemys scripta). We set our work in a Mediterranean area of Southern Italy where both species are frequent. We observed that red foxes excavated pond slider nests to eat the eggs. We then used a molecular approach to demonstrate the presence of pond slider's DNA in the carnivore's scats, and found that pond slider's DNA occurred in over half of the scat sample collected during the oviposition season. Whether egg consumption by red foxes is widespread rather than only a local response and might eventually lead to population control of pond sliders needs further investigation

Published
2018

2. Native red foxes depredate nests of alien pond sliders: Evidence from molecular detection of prey in scats

Author

Martina Della Corte, Valentina Nardone, Andrea Galimberti, Antonia Bruno, Luciano Bosso, Danilo Russo, Maurizio Casiraghi, Martina Sasso, Nardone, V, Bosso, L, Della Corte, M, Sasso, M, Galimberti, A, Bruno, A, Casiraghi, M, Russo, D, Nardone, Valentina, Bosso, Luciano, Della Corte, Martina, Sasso, Martina, Galimberti, Andrea, Bruno, Antonia, Casiraghi, Maurizio, and Russo, Danilo

Subjects
0106 biological sciences, Vulpes, Zoology, Introduced species, Alien, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Predation, parasitic diseases, Carnivore, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Resistance (ecology), biology, Ecology, fungi, Freshwater turtle, biology.organism_classification, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematic, Diet, 010601 ecology, Trachemys scripta, Animal ecology, Feeding behaviour, Animal Science and Zoology, Vulpes vulpe, BIO/05 - ZOOLOGIA
Abstract

Predation by native species is a chief resistance factor that may counter the spread of alien organisms. Its comprehension plays therefore an important role to assess the impact of biological invasions and implement management. In this study, we show for the first time that red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) may depredate nests of alien pond sliders (Trachemys scripta). We set our work in a Mediterranean area of Southern Italy where both species are frequent. We observed that red foxes excavated pond slider nests to eat the eggs. We then used a molecular approach to demonstrate the presence of pond slider’s DNA in the carnivore’s scats, and found that pond slider’s DNA occurred in over half of the scat sample collected during the oviposition season. Whether egg consumption by red foxes is widespread rather than only a local response and might eventually lead to population control of pond sliders needs further investigation.

Published
2018

3. Survey of zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis among foxes and hunting dog living in same area of the Campania region of Italy

Author

PIANTEDOSI, DIEGO, VENEZIANO, VINCENZO, FOGLIA MANZILLO, VALENTINA, Neola, Benedetto, OLIVA, GAETANO, Di Muccio T., Fiorentino E., Scalone A., D'Alessio N., Gradoni L., Gramiccia M., Piantedosi, Diego, Veneziano, Vincenzo, Di Muccio, T., FOGLIA MANZILLO, Valentina, Fiorentino, E., Scalone, A., Neola, Benedetto, D'Alessio, N., Gradoni, L., Oliva, Gaetano, and Gramiccia, M.

Subjects
zoonotic visceral leishmaniasi, dog, Vulpes vulpe, hunt
Published
2014

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