Sentences with phrase «wild boar populations»

But Europe's modern pigs are mongrel mixes derived from multiple wild boar populations.

All of the New Guinea domestic pigs and those of the islands in the tropical Pacific Ocean carry DNA from those southeast Asian wild boar populations.

The interesting question is why the pigs in central China didn't interbreed with wild boar populations in central China.

The British Association for Shooting and Conservation (BASC) has welcomed Defra's decision to allow landowners to decide the priorities for the management of wild boar populations.

A dip in the wild boar population at one point was traced to a disease outbreak unrelated to radiation exposure.

Not exact matches

Using annual population estimates from the Russian Federal Agency of Game Mammal Monitoring database, researchers analyzed trends of eight large mammals — roe deer, red deer, reindeer, moose, wild boar, brown bears, lynx, and gray wolves — in Russia from 1981 to 2010, a time period that includes the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union.

The analysis uncovered major changes in population growth; with the exception of wolves, all species experienced a drop in population growth rates immediately following the collapse, and three species — wild boar, moose, and brown bears — exhibited significant reductions in population growth throughout the decade following the collapse, with declines evident in 85 % or more of the study regions.

The country recently ended logging of cedar trees in the tigers» habitat, which not only directly protected the big cats, it also increased the crop of cedar nuts, which fed and helped to boost the population of wild boars, the tigers» favorite prey.

At Chernobyl, populations of wild boar, elk, roe deer, and wolves increased significantly in the decade after the accident.

After wild boar and wolves became extinct in Ireland, there was a decline in the Irish Wolfhound population.