Table 2. Seasonal variations in the main diet compositions of wild boar from two sites in South Korea: Geochang (from 2012 to 2015) and Seoul (from 2015 to 2017).
| Food item consumption (g) | Spring | Summer | Fall | Winter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geochang (n = 23) | Seoul (n = 9) | Geochang (n = 58) | Seoul (n = 9) | Geochang (n = 39) | Seoul (n = 37) | Geochang (n = 24) | Seoul (n = 8) | |
| Plant material | 97.8 | 94.1 | 51.8 | 95.5 | 21.9 | 71.9 | 77.7 | 82.1 |
| Stems-leaves | 31.7 | 3.4 | 28.7 | 15.0 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 30.9 | 11.9 |
| Roots | 57.6 | 39.4 | 11.0 | 11.9 | 4.4 | 11.3 | 42.3 | 62.4 |
| Seeds | 8.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 6.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 |
| Fruit flesh | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 51.9 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| Acorns | 0.4 | 51.3 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 41.0 | 3.4 | 7.8 |
| Animal material | 1.0 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 1.4 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 3.8 | 13.1 |
| Crops | 1.2 | 0.0 | 44.1 | 13.1 | 72.7 | 14.7 | 18.5 | 0.0 |
| Apples | 1.2 | 0.0 | 17.6 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| Chestnuts | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 47.1 | 9.1 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Maize | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.1 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Rice | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.6 | 0.0 | 21.3 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 0.0 |
| Sweet potatoes | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Artificial material | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 4.8 |
| Food waste | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | 4.8 |