Abstract
On the small island of Montecristo, in the Tuscan archipelago (Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy), a wild goat population, Capra aegagrus Erxleben, 1777, of very ancient origin continues to display the phenotypic patterns of its wild ancestors, despite the fact that, in recent decades, questionable management by the authorities in charge of its protection may have favoured its radical impoverishment through randomized selective shootings and the illegal introduction of domestic individuals. In the period between 2010 and 2014, this population has been drastically reduced, if not almost entirely eliminated, following the implementation of the EEC LIFE Project+ Montecristo 2010, aimed at redefining the ecological equilibrium of the small Tyrrhenian island, mainly focused on the eradication of the local population of black rats, Rattus rattus (L., 1758) using poison pellets, with the primary purpose of protecting a single species of marine bird.
Acknowledgments
In the course of this project, I have been fortunate to have the help of many friends and colleagues. I am particularly grateful to Giorgio Chiozzi, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano; Ferdinando Ciani, ConSDABI National Focal Point Italiano F.A.O., Benevento; Stefano Mattioli, Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita of the University of Siena; Massimo Piacentino, Genova; and Raffaele Sandolo, Associazione Amici di Montecristo, Portoferraio (Livorno).
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Review
- The wild goat, Capra aegagrus Erxleben, 1777, of the island of Montecristo (Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy): does it still exist?
- Original Studies
- Trophic relationships of sympatric small carnivores in fragmented landscapes of southern Brazil: niche overlap and potential for competition
- Dietary adaptation of white-headed langurs in a fragmented limestone habitat
- Winter foraging of chinkara (Gazella bennettii shikarii) in Central Iran
- Null model analysis on bat species co-occurrence and nestedness patterns in a region of the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil
- Richness and distribution of porcupines (Erethizontidae: Coendou) from Colombia
- The level of rodent problems in poultry farms of Rawalpindi-Islamabad, Pakistan
- Survival and recruitment of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith 1834), in a rice agro-ecosystem
- New records of Cryptonanus guahybae (Tate, 1931) in southern Brazil inferred from molecular and morphological data
- Short Notes
- The wild goat of Montecristo Island: did it ever exist?
- First record of a bat from the Lakshadweep archipelago, southwestern India
- Status of pinnipeds in Southeast Asia
- Breeding habits of the Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) in Potohar Plateau, Pakistan
- Litter size and basic diet of brown bears (Ursus arctos, Carnivora) in northeastern Turkey
Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Review
- The wild goat, Capra aegagrus Erxleben, 1777, of the island of Montecristo (Northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy): does it still exist?
- Original Studies
- Trophic relationships of sympatric small carnivores in fragmented landscapes of southern Brazil: niche overlap and potential for competition
- Dietary adaptation of white-headed langurs in a fragmented limestone habitat
- Winter foraging of chinkara (Gazella bennettii shikarii) in Central Iran
- Null model analysis on bat species co-occurrence and nestedness patterns in a region of the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil
- Richness and distribution of porcupines (Erethizontidae: Coendou) from Colombia
- The level of rodent problems in poultry farms of Rawalpindi-Islamabad, Pakistan
- Survival and recruitment of the multimammate mouse, Mastomys natalensis (Smith 1834), in a rice agro-ecosystem
- New records of Cryptonanus guahybae (Tate, 1931) in southern Brazil inferred from molecular and morphological data
- Short Notes
- The wild goat of Montecristo Island: did it ever exist?
- First record of a bat from the Lakshadweep archipelago, southwestern India
- Status of pinnipeds in Southeast Asia
- Breeding habits of the Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata) in Potohar Plateau, Pakistan
- Litter size and basic diet of brown bears (Ursus arctos, Carnivora) in northeastern Turkey