Über die Nahrungskomponenten und die trophische Stellung des Schwarzwildes im Forschungsgebiet Zielonka

Wlazełko, Marian; Łabudzki, Lesław

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“…Furthermore, whereas high mast availability reduces the consumption of other plant foods (except for roots, see above), it either increases or fails to affect the consumption of animal food (Briedermann, 1976; Groot Bruinderink et al ., 1994; Van Wieren, 1996), suggesting that plant and animal foods are not substitutable for one another. However, relative consumption of animal material does vary with age, being higher in young boar (Dardaillon, 1984; cited in Gérard et al ., 1991; Wlazełko & Łabudzki, 1992; Abáigar, 1993; Groot Bruinderink et al ., 1994). To summarize, the staple diet of wild boar consists of plant material but the inclusion of a proportion of animal food in the diet may be important for growth and survival.…”

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“…Fourthly, it is clear that wild boar often consume agricultural crops and, in doing so, cause damage to the crops in question (e.g. Wlazełko & Łabudzki, 1992). Over continental Europe as a whole, crop damage by wild boar was already an important issue in the 1940s (Klemm, 1948) and the problem has subsequently worsened owing to increases in wild boar populations (e.g.…”

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“…For example, Kristiansson (1985) estimated that only 5–10% of crop destruction was a consequence of actual consumption, the rest being due to trampling. In areas where it is grown, the crop most preferred by wild boar seems to be maize (Dardaillon, 1987; Wlazełko & Łabudzki, 1992).…”

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“…in Germany (Briedermann, 1976); maize, potatoes, rye and oats in the former Czechoslovakia (Janda, 1958); potatoes, maize, sugar beets Beta spp., oats, rye and wheat in Poland (Genov, 1981b); and maize, oats and rye in Croatia (Tucak, 1996). Maize appears to be the preferred crop (Dardaillon, 1987; Wlazełko & Łabudzki, 1992) but consumption of maize does not necessarily imply crop damage, since it is sometimes fed artificially to wild boar to attract them to locations favourable for hunting. Thus, Fournier‐Chambrillon et al .…”

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Diet of wild boar Sus scrofa in Western Europe, with particular reference to consumption of agricultural crops

Schley¹,

Roper²

2003

Mammal Review

444

369

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1. The diet of wild boar Sus scrofa in Western Europe is reviewed, paying particular attention to the consumption of agricultural crops and the implications of this from the point of view of crop damage. Data were taken mainly from 11 studies that provide quantitative information about the consumption of different food types, but we also list all the foods reported as being eaten by wild boar in a total of 21 studies. 2. Vegetable foods occurred more frequently in the diet than animal foods, and also constituted the bulk of the food ingested. Overall, there were four major vegetable food categories: mast, roots, green plant matter and agricultural crops. Depending on the study area, wild boar always consumed at least one energy-rich plant food such as acorns, beechnuts, chestnuts, pine seeds, olives, cereal grains or other crops. The number and types of agricultural crops consumed varied between study areas but crops represent an important component of wild boar diet throughout its Western European range. Among animal foods, insects, earthworms, birds and mammals were eaten most consistently but the diet also included amphibians, reptiles, gastropods and myriapods. 3. Seasonal, interannual and regional differences in the diet, together with its striking overall breadth, indicate that wild boar are opportunistic omnivores whose diet, in any particular instance, is largely determined by the relative availability of different food types. Dependence on energy-rich plant material as a major component of the diet, coupled with large body size and a propensity to trample crops as well as consume them, means that wild boar cause significant agricultural damage.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Vegetable Foodsmentioning

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Diet of wild boar Sus scrofa in Western Europe, with particular reference to consumption of agricultural crops

Schley¹,

Roper²

2003

Mammal Review

444

369

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“…Wherever maize is grown, it is almost always the most damaged annual crop, followed by wheat and other cereals (e.g. Ballon and Bouldoire 1983;Macchi et al 1992;Vassant 1997;Geisser 2000; but see also Wlazełko and Łabudzki 1992). Briedermann (1976) suggests that consumption of fresh maize as an important diet component is not even displaced by mast, usually considered the staple food of wild boar (Schley and Roper 2003).…”

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Patterns of crop damage by wild boar (Sus scrofa)in Luxembourg over a 10-year period

Dufrêne²,

et al. 2008

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In many European countries, the wild boar (Sus scrofa) is often associated with crop damage. In this study, we analyse data relating to 13,276 cases of wild boar damage to agricultural crops over a 10-year period in Luxembourg (an area of 2,586 km 2 in Western Europe). Results show that (1) damage is more severe in this area than in others; (2) damage to permanent grassland is far more frequent and more severe than damage to annual crops; (3) trichomatous crops such as barley are avoided; (4) damage is seasonally distributed according to type of crop; (5) damage is distributed spatially in a non-uniform manner; (6) damage intensity is significantly correlated with wild boar hunting bags, both over time and space. We suggest that wild boar management strategy should always take into account the issue of damage to agricultural crops. Our results imply that measures for preventing or reducing damage should be more targeted in time and space and that adjustments to cropping patterns should contribute towards a reduction of wild boar damage.

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Utility for production of massaged products of selected wild boar muscles originating from wetlands and an arable area

Żochowska-Kujawska¹,

Lachowicz²,

Bieńkiewicz³

2010

Meat Science

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Über die Nahrungskomponenten und die trophische Stellung des Schwarzwildes im Forschungsgebiet Zielonka

Cited by 8 publications

References 1 publication

Diet of wild boar Sus scrofa in Western Europe, with particular reference to consumption of agricultural crops

Diet of wild boar Sus scrofa in Western Europe, with particular reference to consumption of agricultural crops

Patterns of crop damage by wild boar (Sus scrofa)in Luxembourg over a 10-year period

Utility for production of massaged products of selected wild boar muscles originating from wetlands and an arable area

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