Spacing and nocturnal activity of wild boar Sus scrofa in a Mediterranean metropolitan park

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 3-13

  Cahill, Seán ^a   Llimona, Francesc ^a   Gràcia, Jordi ^b  

^a Estació Biológica de Can Balasc   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity; Pellet group; Plot; Rooting; Sus scrofa; Transect; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

RIPARIA; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1042279253     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2003.058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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