The Relationship between Hunting Methods and the Sex, Age and Body Mass of Wild Boar Sus scrofa.

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

SUBMITTER: Kamieniarz R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7764782 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature