Differentiation of damages caused by wild boars under different agrocenose structures
Marian Flis
marian.flis@up.lublin.plZakład Ekologii i Hodowli Zwierząt Łownych, Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Lublinie (Poland)
Abstract
The survey was aimed at analyzing the extent as well as spatial and time distribution of damages caused by wild boars at a six-year interval in two adjacent hunting areas characterized by various agrocenose structures. The two hunting areas are localized in the Lublin Upland and are leased by the same hunting society, which makes similar the operations referring to the hunting management. In one of the hunting areas both the number and area of damages done by wild boars remained at the same level over the period of survey, whereas in the other area almost 6-fold and 3.5-fold increase in these parameters, respectively, was observed. Over the survey period, the wild boar population rose one and half times, and hunting exploitation of this species increased several times. Differentiation of damages in particular crops within an annual cycle indicates their close association with stages of plant development. The damages to cereal crops were mostly done by wild boars in spring and just before harvest, which can be directly attributed to the availability of kernels, cereal seeding material and maturing ears. A similar situation was observed in maize plantations, where the greatest intensity of damages was recorded in May (just after sowing), and then in August, September and October, when maize kernels reach physiological maturity. In potato fields, the damages caused by wild boars in March and April were at high level in the two hunting areas, whereas those done in the succeeding months varied in damage size between the surveyed areas. The prey preference index values indicate that wild boars more often searched for food in maize and potato plantations than in cereal crops.
Keywords:
agricultural cultivations, game damage, prey preference, wild boarReferences
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Marian Flismarian.flis@up.lublin.pl
Zakład Ekologii i Hodowli Zwierząt Łownych, Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Lublinie Poland
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