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Etude du régime alimentaire du sanglier (Sus scrofa L.) dans les Ardennes belges
Palata Kabudi, Jean Claude; Fetter, Serge; Libois, Roland et al.
1987In Cahiers d'Ethologie, 7 (3), p. 223-246
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Keywords :
Wild boar; Diet; Belgium
Abstract :
[en] The wild boar's diet is investigated in two forests of the Belgian Ardenne: the Nismes deciduous forest and the Transinne coniferous plantations. Two complementary approach are compared: analysis of faeces collected throughout the year and analysis of stomach contents during the hunting season only. The faeces analysis method allows to follow the diet seasonal variations but conceals the occurence of some feed and minimizes the ingestion of vertebrates and of artificial fodder. It results from both approaches that wild boars are opportunist and omnivorous with an obvious tendency to herbivory. The human influence, direct (artificial supply) or indirect (neighbouring cultivated open fields, forest and game management, enclosure, lot of disturbances), plays the leading part in determining wild boar's diet and its food search. As a whole, plant products from natural origin come in second place in its diet whereas other feed always remain occasional, with the exception of acorn and beech mast when superabouding. A few suggestions for reducing wild boar's damage to crop and forests close the paper
Disciplines :
Zoology
Author, co-author :
Palata Kabudi, Jean Claude
Fetter, Serge
Libois, Roland ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Biologie, Ecologie et Evolution > Zoogéographie
Schumacker, René
Ruwet, Jean Claude
Language :
French
Title :
Etude du régime alimentaire du sanglier (Sus scrofa L.) dans les Ardennes belges
Alternative titles :
[en] Wild boar's diet in two forests of the Belgian Ardenne
Publication date :
1987
Journal title :
Cahiers d'Ethologie
ISSN :
0778-7103
Publisher :
Université de Liège. Institut de Zoologie, Liège, Belgium
Volume :
7
Issue :
3
Pages :
223-246
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Funders :
AGCD - Administration générale de la Coopération au Développement [BE]
FRFC - Fonds de la Recherche Fondamentale Collective [BE]
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