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Evaluation of an odor repellent for protecting crops from wild boar damage

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Author	Schlageter, Adrian Haag Wackernagel, Daniel
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	Wild boar populations have dramatically increased in the past decades and the species has spread all over Europe. As the wild boar expanded its activity range into agricultural land, conflicts with humans have intensified. Today, the damage caused by wild boar amounts to millions of dollars every year. In Switzerland, farmers usually protect fields with electric fences, which have proven to be effective in preventing damage, but are also expensive. Alternatively, various cheaper deterrents and repellents are commercially available. However, most of them lack scientific proof of efficacy. In the present study, we investigated the effectiveness of the odor repellent “Wildschwein-Stopp®” against wild boar. We conducted field experiments with free-ranging wild boars at baited luring sites, which were placed in three different regions of the Canton Basel-Land, Northwest Switzerland. The odor repellent was not able to prevent the wild boars from entering our luring sites. We recorded a minimal and non-significant deterrent effect of 0.4%. Our results lead to the conclusion that the repellent is ineffective and, therefore, not recommendable for crop protection. On the basis of the present study we generally doubt fear-inducing repellents to be effective against wild boars and feral pigs. Our findings may indicate seasonal variation in wild boar activity outside forests since the probability of wild boar visits at the luring sites differed according to the season. The visits at the luring sites peaked in spring and fall which coincides with the occurrence of damage to agricultural land.
Starting Page	209
Ending Page	215
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	16124758
Journal	Journal of Pest Science
Volume Number	85
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	16124766
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2012-02-12
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Crop protection Damage prevention Human–wildlife conflict Odor repellent Sus scrofa Wildschwein-Stopp Plant Sciences Forestry Ecology Plant Pathology Agriculture Entomology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology Plant Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Insect Science Agronomy and Crop Science

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