A feasibility study of reintroducing wild boar Sus scrofa to Scotland: Are existing woodlands large enough to support minimum viable populations

Biological Conservation

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 77-89

  Howells, O ^a   Edwards Jones, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

minimum viable population and Scotland; reintroduction; VORTEX; wild boar

Indexed keywords

SUS SCROFA; ANIMALIA;

MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; REINTRODUCTION; WILD BOAR; WOODLAND;

UK, SCOTLAND;

EID: 0030618696     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00134-6     Document Type: Article

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