Title
SEASONAL PATTERN OF WILD BOAR’S DIET IN WESTERN POLAND – RESEARCH IN THE ZIELONKA GAME INVESTIGATION CENTRE
Autor
Marian Wlazełko, Lesław Łabudzki, Grzegorz Górecki, Jacek Skubis
Keywords
wild boar (Sus scrofa L.), behaviour, diet composition, feeding effect
Abstract
The stomach content of 74 wild boars harvested in the Zielonka Game Investigation Centre in 2005-2007 were analyzed. According to the hunting management schedule and the cycles of forest and farmland food occurrence, three research seasons were selected and compared with respect to the trophic behaviour of wild boar. As many authors claimed, the animals extraordinarily tended to eat mainly the feed supplied to the forest. Such a disruption in the natural use of the food niche in the forest environment, resulting from an irrational feeding policy, interferes with the natural trophic role of this species.
Pages
55-70
Cite
Wlazełko, M., Łabudzki, L., Górecki, G., Skubis, J. (2009). SEASONAL PATTERN OF WILD BOAR’S DIET IN WESTERN POLAND – RESEARCH IN THE ZIELONKA GAME INVESTIGATION CENTRE. Acta Sci. Pol. Silv. Colendar. Ratio Ind. Lignar., 8(3), 55-70.
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