Effectiveness of trapping in wild boar population management

• Published in: European journal of wildlife research Vol. 71; no. 4; p. 70
• Main Authors: Endo, Tomohiko, Takagi, Shun, Okumura, Osamu, Kanbayashi, Takuya, Tomaru, Seiji, Kodera, Yuuji
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2025; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomedical and Life Sciences; Data recovery; Death; Ecology; Effectiveness; Females; Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management; Hunting; Juveniles; Life Sciences; Males; Mortality; Population studies; Populations; Sex; Sex differences; Sus scrofa; Trapping; Trends; Zoology; Japan; Trapping efficiency; Wildlife management; Mortality rates; Age structure; Tag recovery survey; Wild boar

Hunting and trapping have been used to manage wild boar populations. Previous studies have reported the sex-age class characteristics of wild boars when hunted by gun, but the details of mortality rates by trapping are unclear. In this study, we aimed to evaluate wild boar death trends and mortality...