Estimating sizes of wild pig populations in the North and Central Coast regions of California

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 531-543

  Sweitzer, Richard A ^a,c   Van Vuren, Dirk ^a   Gardner, Ian A ^a   Boyce, Walter M ^a   Waithman, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Density; Feral pigs; Mark recapture; Mark sight; Population size; Serum progesterone levels; Sus scrofa, TrailMaster camera systems; Wild hogs

Indexed keywords

PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; TAGGING; UNGULATE;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 0033999439     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803251     Document Type: Article

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