Presence of free-living wild boar Sus scrofa in southern England

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 15-20

  Goulding, Martin J ^a   Roper, Timothy J ^b   Smith, Graham C ^a   Baker, Simon J ^c  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c Food and Rural Aff   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Reintroduction; Suidae; Sus scrofa; Wild boar; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 1042279258     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2003.059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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