Prevalence and economic value of feral swine damage to native habitat in three Florida state parks

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-324

  Engeman, Richard M ^a   Smith, Henry T ^b   Shwiff, Stephanie A ^a   Constantin, Bernice ^c   Woolard, John ^c   Nelson, Mark ^d   Griffin, Daniel ^d  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alien species; Benefit costs; Damage estimation; Economic analysis; Exotic species; Feral hogs; Feral pigs; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESOURCE VALUATION; SAMPLING; WETLANDS;

DAMAGE PATTERNS; INFRASTRUCTURE;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERAL ORGANISM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARK MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT QUALITY; LIVESTOCK; NATIONAL PARK; PREVALENCE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SAMPLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SWINE;

FLORIDA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0347719568     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S037689290300033X     Document Type: Article

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