Food Availability, Reproduction, and Condition of European Wild Boar in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

摘要

A total of 550 European wild boar (Sus scrofa) were collected during 42 months, 1976-80, from an exotic population invading Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Data on food availability, population size, reproductive rate, and physical condition of the boars was collected. Wild boar numbers were low in 1976 following a poor mast year, then increased 46% and declined 4% following two successive good mast years in 1977 and 1978 respectively, and then declined 64% following a severe mast failure in 1979.