Journal of Biogeography
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Mitochondrial phylogeography of the European wild boar:
the effect of climate on genetic diversity and spatial lineage sorting across Europe
Sibelle T. Vilaça, Daniela Biosa, Frank Zachos, Laura Iacolina, Julia Kirschning, Paulo C. Alves,
Ladislav Paule, Christian Gortazar, Zizzis Mamuris, Bogumiła Jędrzejewska, Tomasz Borowik,
Vadim E. Sidorovich, Josip Kusak, Stefano Costa, Laurent Schley, Günther B. Hartl,
Marco Apollonio, Giorgio Bertorelle and Massimo Scandura
Appendix S1 Current status of wild boar in different European countries and comparison with the
early 20th century. n/a, data not available.
Country
Early 20th century
Early 21st century
Source
Austria
nearly absent
Widespread, more common in the east (annual hunting
bag 30,000 head)
Reimoser & Reimoser
(2010)
Baltic
countries
limited to the
southern regions
Widespread
Andersone-Lilley et al.
(2010)
Belgium
present
Almost widespread
Casaer & Licoppe
(2010)
Croatia
present
Ubiquitous in forested areas (population size 18,200
Kusak & Krapinec
head); hybridization with domestic pigs in the eastern
(2010)
part of the country
Czech
Republic
absent
Widespread after natural immigration (probably from
Hungary)
Bartoš et al. (2010)
Denmark
absent
Very limited presence (fenced animals and incursions
from Germany)
Andersen & Holthe
(2010)
Finland
n/a
Some hundreds of animals dispersing from Russia
Ruusila & Kojola
(2010)
France
present
Widespread (annual hunting bag 400,000 head), illegal Maillard et al. (2010)
introductions of possible hybrids
Germany
present
Widespread in the country, except for the alpine region Wotschikowsky (2010)
in the South (annual hunting bag 500,000 head)
Great Britain
absent
Some populations originating from animals that have
escaped from enclosures, possibly crossbred with
domestic pigs
Putman (2010)
Greece
present
Widely distributed but declining; reintroductions and
restocking reported
Papaioannou (2010)
Hungary
present
Widespread, but more abundant in the north and west
(annual hunting bag: about 90,000 head)
Csányi & Lehoczki
(2010)
Ireland
absent
Few animals escaped from enclosures
Carden (2012)
Italy
present
Widely distributed (annual hunting bag > 110,000
heads); recovery after reintroductions and restocking
Apollonio et al. (2010)
Country
Early 20th century
Early 21st century
Source
Macedonia
n/a
Widespread (annual hunting bag > 700 head)
Stojanov et al. (2010)
Netherlands
absent
Population originating from reintroduced Eastern
European animals and immigrants from Germany
van Wieren & Groot
Bruinderink (2010)
Norway
absent
Occasional immigrants from Sweden
Andersen et al. (2010)
Poland
present
More abundant in western regions (annual hunting bag
136,000 animals in total)
Wawrzyniak et al.
(2010)
Portugal
restricted to mountains and some
fenced areas
Widespread (annual hunting bag about 8000 head)
Vingada et al. (2010)
Romania
present
Widespread, more common in the west (about 60,000
head estimated); hybridization in the Danube delta
Micu et al. (2010)
Serbia
n/a
Widespread (annual hunting bag > 2000 head)
Paunović et al. (2010)
Slovakia
present
Almost widespread (annual hunting bag: 15,000–
20,000 head)
Find’o & Skuban
(2010)
Slovenia
rare
Patchy distribution; population originating from a
fenced stock with animals imported from Germany
(annual hunting bag 7000 head)
Adamic et al. (2010)
Spain
present (from north- Widespread (annual hunting bag 150,000 head)
east to south-west)
Carranza (2010)
Sweden
absent
Population originating from Central European animals
that have escaped from enclosures, possibly crossbred with domestic pigs
Liberg et al. (2010)
Switzerland
absent
Expanding population arising from immigration from
Germany (about 5000 head killed annually)
Imesch-Bebié et al.
(2010)
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