Stochastic assessment of management strategies for a Mediterranean peri-urban wild boar population
González-Crespo, Carlos (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge)
Serrano Ferron, Emmanuel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge)
Cahill, Sean (Consorci del Parc Natural de la Serra de Collserola)
Castillo Contreras, Raquel (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Biologia Animal, de Biologia Vegetal i d'Ecologia)
Cabañeros, Lluís (Consorci del Parc Natural de la Serra de Collserola)
López-Martín, Josep Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Grup de Recerca Wildlife Ecology & Health)
Roldán, Joan (Forestal Catalana SA)
Lavín González, Santiago (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge)
López Olvera, Jorge R. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals)

Date:	2018
Abstract:	Wild boar (Sus scrofa) population spread into urban and periurban areas has exacerbated conflicts with humans. There is a need for planned wild boar management strategies, and Population viability analysis (PVA) combined with perturbation analyses allow the assessment of the management effort of control methods. Our study aims to develop stochastic predictive models of the increasing wild boar population of the 80 km2 periurban Mediterranean area of Collserola Natural Park (CNP), located near Barcelona, Spain, as well as assessing specific management measures (including reduced food availability, selective harvest, and reduction in fertility). Population parameters were estimated from previously published census and hunting data provided by the CNP and the local hunting administration. The results revealed that under the current conditions the CNP wild boar population will continue to increase. The most efficient strategy to reduce wild boar abundance was a combination of reducing supplementary anthropogenic food resources and selective removal of juvenile (<1 year) and yearling (1±2 years) wild boar. These strategies will probably be also the most efficient ones in other oversupplemented increasing wild boar populations in similar situations, although specific studies will be needed to fine-tune the best management option for each context. PVA allows the prediction of future population trends and the assessment of the efficacy and efficiency of potential management strategies before implementing management measures.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Senglars ; Veterinària
Published in:	PloS one, Vol. 13 Núm. 8 (2018) , ISSN 1932-6203

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202289
PMID: 30157225

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