Wild boar populations up, numbers of hunters down? A review of trends and implications for Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.3965" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.3965</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ps.3965" target="_blank" >10.1002/ps.3965</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Wild boar populations up, numbers of hunters down? A review of trends and implications for Europe

Original language description

Across Europe, wild boar numbers increased in the 1960s-1970s but stabilised in the 1980s; recent evidence suggests that the numbers and impact of wild boar has grown steadily since the 1980s. As hunting is the main cause of mortality for this species, we reviewed wild boar hunting bags and hunter population trends in 18 European countries from 1982 to 2012. Hunting statistics and numbers of hunters were used as indicators of animal numbers and hunting pressure. The results confirmed that wild boar increased consistently throughout Europe, while the number of hunters remained relatively stable or declined in most countries. We conclude that recreational hunting is insufficient to limit wild boar population growth and that the relative impact of huntingon wild boar mortality had decreased. Other factors, such as mild winters, reforestation, intensification of crop production, supplementary feeding and compensatory population responses of wild boar to hunting pressure might also explain

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

GK - Forestry

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2015

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Pest Management Science

ISSN

1526-498X

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

71

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

492-500

UT code for WoS article

000352491900002

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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