Press responses to the presence of free-living Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) in southern England

Mammal Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 272-282

  Goulding, M J ^a   Roper, T J ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Mammals; Management; Media; Wild Boar

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MAMMAL; MEDIA ROLE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036929869     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2907.2002.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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