Diet of the wild boar in the French Alps.
By É. Baubet, Christophe Bonenfant, S. Brandt. Galemys Spanish Journal of Mammalogy, 2004
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In France, as in many other European countries, the wild boar (Sus scrofa) population has increased rapidly in the last decade. Since 1990, mountainous areas have been particularly affected by the phenomenon. The growth of the wild boar population has led to an increase in the damages caused to meadows by the rooting activities of the animals. At the same time, little is known about the biology of wild boar in high elevation areas. A three-year study was undertaken to understand the relationship between the diet of wild boar and damages to meadows. Diet analyses are based on faecal and stomach content samples (n = 352) collected in two years (from April 1994 to April 1996). We observed strong variations in the composition of the diet throughout the year, both monthly and seasonally. All of these effects were related to food availability. Specific analyses of earthworm consumption by wild boar showed the considerable importance of those items in the wild boar diet in mountainous areas. We could not establish a relationship between earthworm consumption and belowground vegetation. Our results suggest that the rooting activities by wild boar are not directed solely toward earthworms.
Subfields: Ecology, General Health Professions, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
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- A review of wild boar Sus scrofa diet and factors affecting food selection in native and introduced ranges (2014, background): “In the native range, aboveground plant parts are important in the spring when new shoots of herbs are most luxuriant (Baubet et al. 2004).”
- Patterns of crop damage by wild boar (Sus scrofa)in Luxembourg over a 10-year period (2008, background): “Similarly, Barrett (1978) suggests that consumption of carbohydrate-rich food leads to increases in damage to grassland because carbohydraterich food increases the need for animal protein (see also Baubet et al. 2004).”