Assessing lamb predation by feral pigs in Australia's semi-arid rangelands

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1445-1454

  Choquenot, David ^a,c   Lukins, Brian ^d   Curran, Greg ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^c Parks and Wildlife Service Northern Territory   (Australia)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Functional response; Lamb production; Pests; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

FERAL PIG; LAMB; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION;

(EAST); AUSTRALIA;

OVIS ARIES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031464203     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2405260     Document Type: Article

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