| Title: | "The Relationship between Hunting Methods and the Sex, Age and Body Mass of Wild Boar Sus scrofa" |
| Author(s): | Kamieniarz R; Jankowiak L; Fratczak M; Panek M; Wojtczak J; Tryjanowski P; |
| Address: | "Department of Wildlife Management and Forest Protection, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71D, PL-60-625 Poznan, Poland. Institute of Biology, University of Szczecin, Waska 13, PL-71-415 Szczecin, Poland. Institute of Zoology, Poznan, University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71C, PL-60-625 Poznan, Poland. Polish Hunting Association, Research Station, 64-020 Czempin, Poland. Department of Animal Breeding and Product Quality Assessment, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Zlotniki, Sloneczna 1, PL-62-002 Suchy Las, Poland. Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 16500 Prague 6, Czech Republic" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 2076-2615 (Print) 2076-2615 (Electronic) 2076-2615 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Increases in the wild boar Sus scrofa population create many conflicts that must be managed, especially because hunting represents a major cause of mortality in this game species. However, hunting effort is not distributed randomly and is influenced by many factors, including hunting methods. This can be especially important in understanding the nature of hunting pressure for both theoretical (ecological and evolutionary) and applied reasons (for management purposes, especially during infectious diseases, for example, African swine fever, outbreaks). We analyzed hunting data from the survey area in Western Poland from the years 1965-2016. In this period a total of 2335 wild boar were culled using two hunting methods: by individual hunters (43.8%) and by teams of hunters (52.0%). During the study period, the number of wild boars increased significantly but in a non-linear manner. More adult males and yearlings of both sexes were shot during individual hunts; more adult females were culled during team hunting. Moreover, the body mass of culled wild boars was positively influenced by the distance to a forest and during the team hunts heavier females and males were shot. To effectively control populations of wild boars, programs to reduce the number of individuals should be better planned and ensure the maintenance of proper age- and sex structure in the wild boar population" |
| Keywords: | conflicts harvest hunting long-term study wildlife management; |
| Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEKamieniarz, Robert Jankowiak, Lukasz Fratczak, Martyna Panek, Marek Wojtczak, Janusz Tryjanowski, Piotr eng Switzerland 2020/12/16 Animals (Basel). 2020 Dec 9; 10(12):2345. doi: 10.3390/ani10122345" |
