000079314 001__ 79314 000079314 005__ 20200221144228.0 000079314 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.25225/fozo.v65.i3.a6.2016 000079314 0248_ $$2sideral$$a97477 000079314 037__ $$aART-2016-97477 000079314 041__ $$aeng 000079314 100__ $$aGiménez-Anaya, Alberto 000079314 245__ $$aWild boar battues reduce crop damages in a protected area 000079314 260__ $$c2016 000079314 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000079314 5203_ $$aAgricultural damages caused by wild boar Sus scrofa have given farmers a negative impression of protected areas and their management. To mitigate those damages and the social conflicts that they create, hunting battues involving experienced local hunters were used as a lethal population control method in a protected Iberian wetland. In the Ebro Sotos and Galachos Nature Reserve, Spain, between 1994 and 2011, 259 wild boars were culled during 476 battues. On average, battues involved six hunters and ten dogs, and culling efficiency (number of animals killed per animals seen during battues) was 39 %. The number of battues per year and the area of crop damages caused by wild boar were significantly negatively correlated, demonstrating battue efficiency to decrease damages. Moreover, intermittent population control through culling led to a substantial increase in the wild boar population, with an increase in crop damages. This underlines the importance of constant control. The numbers of hunters and dogs and the number of wild boar seen during battues were strongly correlated. To minimize the conflicts between farmers and the management of protected areas, we suggest that the inexpensive, volunteer-based population control program could be enhanced by incorporating stalking and mobile electric fences. 000079314 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aAll rights reserved$$uhttp://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 000079314 590__ $$a0.739$$b2016 000079314 591__ $$aZOOLOGY$$b120 / 162 = 0.741$$c2016$$dQ3$$eT3 000079314 592__ $$a0.394$$b2016 000079314 593__ $$aAnimal Science and Zoology$$c2016$$dQ2 000079314 593__ $$aEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics$$c2016$$dQ3 000079314 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000079314 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8273-3141$$aHerrero, Juan$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000079314 700__ $$aGarcía-Serrano, Alicia 000079314 700__ $$aGarcía-González, Ricardo 000079314 700__ $$aPrada, Carlos 000079314 7102_ $$15011$$2220$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. CC.Agrar.y Medio Natural$$cÁrea Ecología 000079314 773__ $$g65, 3 (2016), 214-220$$pFolia zool.$$tFOLIA ZOOLOGICA$$x0139-7893 000079314 8564_ $$s198001$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79314/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000079314 8564_ $$s116815$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/79314/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000079314 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:79314$$particulos$$pdriver 000079314 951__ $$a2020-02-21-13:18:32 000079314 980__ $$aARTICLE