The Boar War: Five Hot Factors Unleashing Boar Expansion and Related Emergency

Domenico Fulgione and Maria Buglione
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Domenico Fulgione: Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, 26, 80126 Naples, Italy
Maria Buglione: Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Via Cintia, 26, 80126 Naples, Italy

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-19

Abstract: The recent and ever-growing problem of boar ( Sus scrofa forms including wild boar, hybrid and feral pig) expansion is a very complex issue in wildlife management. The damages caused to biodiversity and the economies are addressed in different ways by the various countries, but research is needed to shed light on the causal factors of this emergency before defining a useful collaborative management policy. In this review, we screened more than 280 references published between 1975–2022, identifying and dealing with five hot factors (climate change, human induced habitat modifications, predator regulation on the prey, hybridization with domestic forms, and transfaunation) that could account for the boar expansion and its niche invasion. We also discuss some issues arising from this boar emergency, such as epizootic and zoonotic diseases or the depression of biodiversity. Finally, we provide new insights for the research and the development of management policies.

Keywords: wild boar; Sus scrofa; emergency; invasion; management; pest species; conservation; biodiversity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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