Between conflict and reciprocal habituation: Human-wild boar coexistence in urban areas DOI Creative Commons
Carles Conejero, Carlos González‐Crespo, Jaume Fatjó

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 936, P. 173258 - 173258

Published: May 16, 2024

Urbanization is an ongoing global environmental change. Wildlife may respond using anthropized environments and resources, which known as synurbization, creating human-wildlife interactions. Wild boar (Sus scrofa) populations have become common in urban areas, including the metropolitan area of Barcelona. Humans to wild boars either habituating, with lower conflict perception higher acceptance, or sensitizing, reduced tolerance towards boars. Since citizen response influences management, this study analysed drivers human responses, should allow adopting socially-accepted measures manage synurbic populations. Interviews 1956 Barcelona citizens were performed, grouping variables score characteristics, well lay-knowledge, emotions, experiences, boar. Five clusters identified: cluster 1 (3.3 %), highly habituated active feeder; 2 (11.3 positive feelings; 3 (19.8 not nor sensitized, willing maintain populations; 4 (29.1 sensitized concerned, defending reduce boar; 5 (40.1 proposing even eliminate Positive attitudes associated aesthetic value, closeness nature sympathy, more frequent young background high education, animal lovers through contact without negative experiences. Conversely, concerned about city fouling, safety health, accepted lethal management measures, older rural background, low We document for first time sensitization reciprocal habituation humans areas. The identification wildlife be useful design measures.

Language: Английский

Wildlife and the city. Modelling wild boar use of urban nature: Empirical contribution, methodological proposal DOI
Carole Marin,

Laurent Couderchet,

Grégoire Le Campion

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Urban Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27(4), P. 1291 - 1312

Published: Feb. 21, 2024

Language: Английский

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What drives wild boar density and population growth in Mediterranean environments? DOI Creative Commons
Jordi Colomer, Giovanna Massei,

D Roos

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 931, P. 172739 - 172739

Published: April 30, 2024

Accurate prediction of fluctuations wildlife local number individuals is crucial for effective population management to minimise human-wildlife conflicts. Climate, habitat, food availability, and density dependence are among the main factors influencing mammalian dynamics. In southern Europe, precipitation temperature, particularly during summer have been suggested as key affecting wild boar (Sus scrofa L.). However, there uncertainty regarding role these mechanisms driving fluctuations. This study utilized long-term data populations from 14 sites collected 23 years in Catalonia, Spain, analyse that drive growth rate. Generalized Additive Mixed Models (GAMM) explained respectively, 94 % 65 rate variability. Spring both current previous year, female weight, forest cover (particularly above 60 %) were directly associated with higher densities rates. The interaction between crop total annual also played a significant determining density. Higher linked lower following likely due density-dependent process. These results suggest expected decrease rainfall global warming may limit availability natural resources potentially slow growth. Nevertheless, can exploit alternative anthropogenic sources, leading an increase Therefore, incorporating policies aimed at restricting access human sources controlling their reproductive output. Additionally, landscape strategies targeted diminishing refuge resource regions experiencing high impact essential contributing sustainable coexistence boars populations.

Language: Английский

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Identifying wild boar (Sus scrofa) crop damage hotspots to mitigate human-wild boar conflicts in northern Iran DOI Creative Commons

Alireza Eshtiaghi,

Saeid Naderi, Alireza Mohammadi

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Global Ecology and Conservation, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 54, P. e03065 - e03065

Published: July 4, 2024

Language: Английский

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The frequent five: Insights from interviews with urban wildlife professionals in Germany DOI Creative Commons
Simon Moesch, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Sophie Lokatis

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People and Nature, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 6(5), P. 2091 - 2108

Published: July 22, 2024

Abstract Wildlife in cities divides people, with some animals bringing positive benefits and others causing conflict, for example due to property damage. Urban wildlife professionals from municipal administration, nature conservation, hunting associations have a crucial role shaping human‐wildlife relationships fostering conflict‐free coexistence. While many studies on urban focused the views of citizens, few investigated perspectives experts date. To address this knowledge gap, we interviewed 36 giving guidance context management, either one four largest German by population (Berlin, Hamburg, Munich Cologne) or at national level. Red foxes, wild boars, raccoons, stone martens Eurasian beavers were five mammal species most frequently highlighted interviews cause conflicts. The interviewees saw boars raccoons as controversial mammals but emphasized need create refuges better inform public about foxes. Management terms outreach, planning control, well establishing official contact points stricter fines activities violating regulations important elements toolkit manage Read free Plain Language Summary article Journal blog.

Language: Английский

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Wild Boars’ Selective Capture with IoT and Electronic Devices Solutions for Innovative, Sustainable and Ethical Management DOI Creative Commons
María Teresa Verde, Luigi Esposito, Francesco Bonavolontà

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Sensors, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 25(7), P. 2071 - 2071

Published: March 26, 2025

The growing population of wild boars (Sus scrofa) in all highly anthropized countries represents a current challenge for the protection ecosystems, agriculture and urban environments. This study introduces an innovative capture solution based on IoT systems designed to enable selective sub-adult ethical manner minimize stress bycatch. Conducted over five years Natura 2000 area Campania, Italy, research integrates advanced technologies, including AI-based infrared cameras, LoRa communication autonomous feeding systems, monitor, control operate specially cage trap. results obtained demonstrate how technological innovation improves wildlife hunting management by selecting younger animals without interfering with group dynamics. Selective ensures healthy control, does not conflict reduces pressure habitats, especially if these fall within areas particular importance European biodiversity.

Language: Английский

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Searching for Data: Nature and Flow of Information Underlying Urban Wild Boar Management Policies. Bordeaux (France) as a Case Study DOI Creative Commons
Carole Marin,

Paul Bellalba

Cybergeo, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Nature in the city harbours a wide range of biodiversity. While some species are welcomed, others have settled uninvited. This is case with wild boar. The challenge managing large urban wildlife not only ecological but also cultural, political, and ethical. study, driven by general uncertainty surrounding socio-ecological issues coexistence boar potential solutions, explores discusses nature flow information underlying specie’s management policies. Our approach based on field survey conducted Bordeaux Metropolis, aimed at tracking shared between local stakeholders. objectives twofold: i) to gather analyse existing data boar, problems generated their presence city, systems; ii) model flows social groups facing challenges or involved management. study points lack data, along confusion regarding key organisations responsible for monitoring issue. effectiveness policies depends ability frame problem, used as an instrument power actors engaged legitimacy struggles. Assuming that integration prerequisite freedom choices, we discuss implementation collaborative reporting platform, tailored context.Keywords: fauna, management, conflict, knowledge, network

Language: Английский

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Genetic population structure defines wild boar as an urban exploiter species in Barcelona, Spain DOI Creative Commons
Justus Hagemann, Carles Conejero,

Milena Stillfried

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 833, P. 155126 - 155126

Published: April 8, 2022

Urban wildlife ecology is gaining relevance as metropolitan areas grow throughout the world, reducing natural habitats and creating new ecological niches. However, knowledge still scarce about colonisation processes of such urban niches, establishment communities, populations and/or species, related changes in behaviour life histories wildlife. Wild boar (Sus scrofa) has successfully colonised niches Europe. The aim this study to unveil driving maintenance an wild population by analysing its genetic structure. A set 19 microsatellite loci was used test whether boars Barcelona, Spain, are isolated or if gene flow prevents differentiation between rural boars. This will contribute understanding effects synurbisation associated management measures on change large mammals ecosystems. Despite unidirectional from areas, Barcelona form island genotypically differentiated surrounding ones. comparison with previous studies suggests that forest patches act suitable islands for differentiation. Previous results structure classify exploiter species. These peri-urban responsible conflict humans thus should be managed attractiveness areas. at migration into preventing phenotypic (either plastic) causing habituation environments.

Language: Английский

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Mapping the risk of exposure to Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus in the Iberian Peninsula using Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) as a model DOI Creative Commons
Sara Baz‐Flores, Cesar Herraiz,

Alfonso Peralbo‐Moreno

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Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 15(1), P. 102281 - 102281

Published: Nov. 22, 2023

Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus (CCHFV) is a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen that can cause lethal disease in humans. Although the appears to be endemically established Iberian Peninsula, CCHF an emerging Spain. Clinical signs of CCHFV infection are mainly manifested humans, but replicates several animal species. Understanding determinants exposure risk from models essential predicting high-risk hotspots for public health action. With this objective mind, we designed cross-sectional study Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa) Spain and Portugal. The analysed 5,291 sera collected between 2006 2022 90 populations with specific double-antigen ELISA estimate serum prevalence identify main probability. To do so, statistically modelled host- environment-related predictors spatially projected it at 10 × km square resolution scale Peninsula map foci risk. Fifty-seven (63.3 %) had least one seropositive animal, seroprevalence ranging 0.0 88.2 %. Anti-CCHFV antibodies were found 1,026 (19.4 %; 95 % confidence interval: 18.3–20.5 %), highest rates southwestern Iberia. most relevant abundance, local rainfall regime, shrub cover, winter air temperature soil variation. spatial projection best-fit model identified as occurring western Iberia recently confirmed eastern results demonstrate serological surveys vector hosts powerful, robust highly informative tool authorities take action prevent human cases enzootic emergency settings.

Language: Английский

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Policy-making for peri-urban landscapes as arenas of human-wildlife interactions DOI Creative Commons

Annemarie Tabea Roth,

Janina Kleemann, Marcin Spyra

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Urban Ecosystems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 27(5), P. 1707 - 1721

Published: April 20, 2024

Abstract Peri-urban landscapes are transitional areas between urban and rural that constantly changing. They characterised by land use mixes cover changes, leading to significant changes in wildlife habitats. These combined with an increasing anthropogenic presence, turn peri-urban into arenas of intensified human-wildlife interactions. In many scientifically documented cases, scientists focusing on negative Furthermore, research about appropriate policy instruments for managing interactions is rare. This study focused case studies their characteristics from around the world positive, neutral, or humans at local level. addition, influencing factors were addressed. A survey was conducted international group practitioners working this field. The results showed various species involved worldwide, mammals as being most common taxon. Contemporary could be identified a factor landscapes. It can highlighted mix consisting mainly social cultural combination legal regulatory suitable address situation.

Language: Английский

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Navigating discreetly: Spatial ecology of urban wild boar in Bordeaux City's landscape of fear, France DOI Creative Commons
Carole Marin,

Jérôme Werno,

Grégoire Le Campion

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The Science of The Total Environment, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 954, P. 176436 - 176436

Published: Sept. 21, 2024

Language: Английский

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