<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Habitat effects and shooting techniques on two wild boar (Sus scrofa) populations in Spain and Portugal</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Zeitschrift für Jagdwissenschaft</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">49</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">120-129</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In the last decades, wild boar (Sus scrofa) distribution has increased world-wide, the Iberian Peninsula being no exception. The wild boar now inhabits almost the entire Iberian territory, where today it is one of the most important big game species. In this paper, for the first time, bag analysis from two ecological different regions are presented and compared to the employed hunting techniques. One represents the well-preserved Mediterranean forests of south-western Spain, the other, located in the south of Portugal, is a farmland with interspersed forest areas. Our results indicate a stronger hunting intensity and also a higher wild boar population density in the Portuguese study areas. The stronger hunting intensity may result in a younger wild boar population. We also found considerable differences between the shooting techniques used in both regions and those employed in the north-east of the peninsula. It does therefore not seem advisable to directly compare bag statistics from different regions of the Iberian peninsula.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Population structure of the wild boar (Sus scrofa) in two Mediterranean habitats in the western Iberian Peninsula</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">FOLIA ZOOLOGICA</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2003</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">INST VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY AS CR</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">KVETNA 8, BRNO 603 65, CZECH REPUBLIC</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">52</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">143-148</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Wild boar population structure was studied in two well-preserved forests of western Iberian Peninsula, one located in a typically Mediterranean zone (vegetation mainly holm oak Quercus ilex and various tall-shrubs species), and the other in a more Atlantic area (mainly oak Q. pyrenica but with abundant cork oak Q. suber in some places). Data were colleted during hunts in monterias' area between the 1994/95 and 2000/2001 hunting seasons (October to February). 972 hunted wild boars were sexed and aged in the field, using growth patterns and tooth attrition. The mean age of hunted wild boars differed in the two zones. 2.11 years old in holm oak forest, and 1.78 years old in oak forest. This difference may result from shurb cover density and its effect on hunting dog, efficiency in rooting out wild boar. However, mean age was similar other zones of Europe. Proportionately more females were taken than males demonstrate the usefulness of Mediterranean hunting in contributing to management and conservation.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>