Across Europe, wild boar numbers increased in the 1960s–1970s but stabilised in the
1980s; recent evidence suggests that the numbers and impact of wild boar has grown …

Hybridization, defined as breeding between two distinct taxonomic units, can have an
important effect on the evolutionary patterns in cross-breeding taxa. Although interspecific …

Predation, one of the most dramatic interactions in animals' lives, has long fascinated
ecologists. This volume presents carnivores, raptors and their prey in the complicated net of …

Summary 1 In terrestrial ecosystems many species show large population fluctuations
caused by pulsed resources, such as mast seeding. A prime example of a mammal strongly …

In recent decades, wild boar numbers have increased worldwide. Wild boar can adapt to a
wide range of habitats and foods and have the highest reproductive rate among ungulates …

As ice retreated from Britain 15,000 years ago, a host of large mammals including reindeer,
wild horses, wooly mammoths, moose, wolves, brown bears, lynxes and wolverines …

Different studies have evidenced the relationship between host abundance and health
status of wildlife populations. Diseases that benefit from wildlife overabundance can affect …

In many parts of Europe, wild boar Sus scrofa population increase, and thus, high densities
and dispersal into new areas are accompanied by economic problems. Due to many factors …

Large Carnivores and the Conservation of Biodiversity brings together more than thirty
leading scientists and conservation practitioners to consider a key question in environmental …

This study analyses the diet of wild boar Sus scrofa Linnaeus, 1758 over a three-year
period, in a Mediterranean coastal area. No long-term studies have investigated the diet of …