The effect of an intensive shooting exercise from a helicopter on the behaviour of surviving feral pigs

Wildlife Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 435-441

  Dexter, Nick ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Australian Nature Conservation Agency   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA;

FERAL; SHOOTING;

AUSTRALIA, NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0029662692     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR9960435     Document Type: Article

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