Diet, food availability and reproduction of wild boar in a Mediterranean coastal area

Acta Theriologica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 307-320

  Massei, Giovanna ^a   Genov, Peter V ^b   Staines, Brian W ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

diet; food availability; Italy; reproduction; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; REPRODUCTION; WILD BOAR;

ITALY;

JUNIPERUS; OLEACEAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029661017     PISSN: 00017051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4098/AT.arch.96-29     Document Type: Article

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