Range expansion, population sizes, and management of wild pigs in California

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 298-308

  Waithman, John D ^a   Sweitzer, Richard A ^b,c   Van Vuren, Dirk ^c   Drew, John D ^d   Brinkhaus, Amy J ^a   Gardner, Ian A ^c   Boyce, Walter M ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Distribution; Fetal pigs; Hunter surveys; Introduced species; Population size; Range expansion; Sus scrofa; Tag returns

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE EXPANSION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033042934     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802513     Document Type: Article

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