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| dc.creator | Escobar-González, María | |
| dc.creator | López-Martín, Josep-Maria | |
| dc.creator | Mentaberre García, Gregorio | |
| dc.creator | Valldeperes, Marta | |
| dc.creator | Estruch, Josep | |
| dc.creator | Tampach, Stefania | |
| dc.creator | Castillo-Contreras, Raquel | |
| dc.creator | Conejero, Carles | |
| dc.creator | Roldán, Joan | |
| dc.creator | Lavín, Santiago | |
| dc.creator | Serrano, Emmanuel | |
| dc.creator | López-Olvera, Jorge Ramón | |
| dc.date | 2024 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-03T12:15:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-03T12:15:06Z | |
| dc.identifier | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173463 | |
| dc.identifier | 0048-9697 | |
| dc.identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/465965 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://fima-docencia.ub.edu:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/23964 | |
| dc.description | Wild ungulates are expanding in range and number worldwide leading to an urgent need to manage their populations to minimize conflicts and promote coexistence with humans. In the metropolitan area of Barcelona (MAB), wild boar is the main wildlife species causing a nuisance, from traffic accidents to health risks. Selective harvesting of specific sex and age classes and reducing anthropogenic food resources would be the most efficient approach to dealing with overpopulation. Nonetheless, there is a gap in knowledge regarding the age and sex selectivity of the capture methods currently applied in the MAB for wild boar population control. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the performance and age and sex bias of different hunting and capture methods and the seasonal patterns in their performance (number of captured individuals per event). From February 2014 to August 2022, 1454 wild boars were captured in the MAB using drop net, teleanaesthesia, cage traps, night stalks, and drive hunting. We applied generalized linear models (GLM) to compare the performance of these methods for the total number of wild boars, the wild boars belonging to each age category (i.e., adult, yearling, and juvenile), and for each season. The studied capture methods showed age-class bias and sex bias in adults (>2 years). Drive hunting and drop net removed mainly adult females and yearlings (1–2 years), with drive hunting having the highest performance for adult males. Instead, cage traps and drop net were the best methods to capture juveniles (<1 year). Overall, global performance was higher in summer, decreasingly followed by autumn and spring, winter being the worst performing season. Wildlife managers and researchers should consider the different performance and sex and age bias of each hunting and capture method, as well as the associated public cost, to improve efficiency and achieve the best results in wild boar population management. | |
| dc.description | The authors are grateful to the Ajuntament de Barcelona, who provided funding for the field sampling through the contracts 13/051, 15/0174, 16/0243, and 18/0243-00PR-01. This study benefitted from the Research Grant PID2020-115046GB-I00 Ecolog\u00EDa, salud p\u00FAblica y gesti\u00F3n del jabal\u00ED urbano, funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovaci\u00F3n. Mar\u00EDa Escobar-Gonz\u00E1lez received support from the MINECO-UAB through an FPU grant (FPU19/04651). Sample collection would not have been possible without the indispensable collaboration of the local hunters from Collserola Natural Parc, the hunter associations of the MAB, and the team of \u201CESTRATEKO S.L.\u201D. We also wish to acknowledge the invaluable assistance of Anna Florensa and Joan Reina, who helped capture and collect data from the UAB wild boars. We are also grateful to Carme Mat\u00E9 and Aser Clavero for serving as a liaison between public administration and research. We wish to acknowledge the invaluable assistance of the many collaborators and colleagues of the Servei d'Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge (SEFaS) who helped with the data and sample collection. | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Elsevier | |
| dc.relation | info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2020-115046GB-I00/ES/ECOLOGIA, SALUD PUBLICA Y GESTION DEL JABALI URBANO/ | |
| dc.relation | Reproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173463 | |
| dc.relation | Science of the Total Environment, 2024, vol. 940, núm. 173463, p. 1-13 | |
| dc.rights | cc-by-nc (c) Escobar-González et al., 2024 | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International | |
| dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Age and sex bias | |
| dc.subject | Animal hunting and capture | |
| dc.subject | Performance | |
| dc.subject | Sus scrofa | |
| dc.subject | Urban wildlife | |
| dc.title | Evaluating hunting and capture methods for urban wild boar population management | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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