Renal morphology of sympatric suiforms: Implications for competition

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1089-1095

  Gabor, Timothy M ^a,b   Hellgren, Eric C ^a,c   Silvy, Nova J ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Kidneys; Relative medullary thickness; Renal function; Sus scrofa; Tayassu tajacu

Indexed keywords

PECARI TAJACU; SUIDAE; SUIFORMES; SUS SCROFA; TAYASSU; TAYASSUIDAE;

EID: 0001731019     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383051     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. BABER, D. W., AND B. E. COBLENTZ. 1986. Density, home range, habitat use, and reproduction in feral pigs on Santa Catalina Island. Journal of Mammalogy, 67:512-525.
2. BARRETT, R. H. 1978. The feral hog at Dye Creek Ranch, California. Hilgardia, 46:283-355.
3. BARRETT, R. H., AND F. SPITZ. 1991. Biology of Suidae. Reliure AGECO, Grenoble, France, 170 pp.
4. BLAKE, B. H. 1977. The effects of kidney structure and the annual cycle on water requirements in golden-mantled ground squirrels and chipmunks. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, A. Comparative Physiology, 58:413-419.
5. BROWNFIELD, M. S., AND B. A. WUNDER. 1976. Relative medullary area: a new structural index for estimating urinary concentrating capacity of mammals. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, A. Comparative Physiology, 55:69-75.
6. BYERS, J. A., AND M. BEKOFF. 1981. Social, spacing, and cooperative behavior of the collared peccary, Tayassu tajacu. Journal of Mammalogy, 75:600-612.
7. CALDER, W. A., III, AND E. J. BRAUN. 1983. Scaling of osmotic regulation in mammals and birds. American Journal of Physiology, 244:R601-R606.
8. EISENBERG, J. F., AND M. C. LOCKHART. 1972. An ecological reconnaissance of Wipattu National Park, Ceylon. Smithsonian Contributions in Zoology, 101: 1-118.
9. GREEGOR, D. H., JR. 1975. Renal capabilities of an Argentine desert armadillo. Journal of Mammalogy, 56:626-632.
10. GREEN, G. E., W. E. GRANT, AND E. DAVIS. 1985. Effects of hunting on javelina in South Texas. Wildlife Society Bulletin, 13:149-153.
11. HEISINGER, J. F., AND R. P. BREITENBACH. 1969. Renal structural characteristics as indexes of renal adaptation for water conservation in the genus Sylvilagus. Physiological Zoology, 42:160-172.
12. HERRING, S. W. 1972. The role of canine morphology in the evolutionary divergence of pigs and peccaries. Journal of Mammalogy, 53:500-512.
13. IISE, L. M., AND E. C. HELLGREN. 1995a. Resource partitioning of sympatric collared peccaries and feral hogs in southern Texas. Journal of Mammalogy, 76: 784-799.
14. _. 1995b. Spatial use and group dynamics of sympatric collared peccaries and feral hogs in southern Texas. Journal of Mammalogy, 76:993-1002.
15. KILTIE, R. A. 1981. The function of interlocking canines in rain forest peccaries (Tayassuidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 62:459-469.
16. KIRKPATRICK, R. D., AND L. K. SOWLS. 1962. Age determination of the collared peccary by the tooth replacement pattern. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 26:214-217.
17. LAWLER, R. M., AND K. N. GELUSO. 1986. Renal structure and body size in heteromyid rodents. Journal of Mammalogy, 67:367-372.
18. MATSCHKE, G. H. 1967. Aging European wild hogs by dentition. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 31:109-113.
19. MAYER, J. J., AND I. L. BRISBIN, JR. 1991. Wild pigs in the United States: their history, comparative morphology, and current status. University of Georgia Press, Athens, 313 pp.
20. OLIVER, W. L. R., AND I. L. BRISBIN, JR. 1993. Introduced and feral pigs: problems, policy, and priorities. Pp. 179-191, in Pigs, peccaries, and hippos: status survey and conservation action plan of the IUCN. World Conservation Union, Gland, Switzerland, 202 pp.
21. PORTER, W. P., AND D. M. GATES. 1969. Thermodynamic equilibria of animals with environment. Ecological Monographs 39:245-270.
22. SINGER, F. J., W. T. SWANK, AND E. E. C. CLEBSCH. 1984. Effects of wild pig rooting in a deciduous forest. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 48: 464-473.
23. SPERBER, L. 1944. Studies on the mammalian kidney. Zoologiska Bidrag Fran Uppsala, 22:249-432.
24. TISDELL, C. A. 1982. Wild pigs: environmental pest or economic resource. Pergamon Press, Inc., New York, 445 pp.
25. ZERVANOS, S. M. 1985. Relative renal medullary thickness of two species of peccary. P. 48, in Proceedings of the peccary workshop (R. A. Ockenfels, G. I. Day, and V. C. Supplee, eds.). Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, 93 pp.
26. ZERVANOS, S. M., AND G. I. DAY. 1977. Water and energy requirements of captive and free-living collared peccaries. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 41:527-532.
27. ZERVANOS, S. M., AND N. F. HADLEY. 1973. Adaptational biology and energy relationships of the collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu). Ecology, 54:759-774.
28. ZERVANOS, S. M., AND S. NAVEH. 1988. Renal structural flexibility in response to environmental water stress in feral hogs. The Journal of Experimental Zoology, 247:285-288.
29. ZERVANOS, S. M., W. D. MCCORT, AND H. B. GRAVES. 1983. Salt and water balance of feral versus domestic Hampshire hogs. Physiological Zoology, 56: 67-77.