Testing the relative influence of intrinsic and extrinsic variation in food availability on feral pig populations in Australia's rangelands

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 887-907

  Choquenot, David ^a,b  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Food limitation; Population regulation; Simulation modelling; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERAL ORGANISM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PIG; POPULATION DENSITY; RANGELAND;

AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; SUS SCROFA; SUIDAE;

EID: 0031772583     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.1998.6760887.x     Document Type: Article

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