Variation in body mass of wild boars from southern France

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 251-259

  Spitz, Francois ^a   Valet, Gilbert ^a   Brisbin Jr , I Lehr ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Geographical variation; Growth; Seasonal variation; Sus; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542396617     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382861     Document Type: Article

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