The Boar War: Five Hot Factors Unleashing Boar Expansion and Related Emergency

Land

Domenico Fulgione¹  Maria Buglione¹ 

[1] Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, 26, 80126 Naples, Italy;

关键词: wild boar;    Sus scrofa;    emergency;    invasion;    management;    pest species;   

DOI  :  10.3390/land11060887

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The recent and ever-growing problem of boar (Sus scrofa forms including wild boar, hybrid and feral pig) expansion is a very complex issue in wildlife management. The damages caused to biodiversity and the economies are addressed in different ways by the various countries, but research is needed to shed light on the causal factors of this emergency before defining a useful collaborative management policy. In this review, we screened more than 280 references published between 1975–2022, identifying and dealing with five hot factors (climate change, human induced habitat modifications, predator regulation on the prey, hybridization with domestic forms, and transfaunation) that could account for the boar expansion and its niche invasion. We also discuss some issues arising from this boar emergency, such as epizootic and zoonotic diseases or the depression of biodiversity. Finally, we provide new insights for the research and the development of management policies.

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