Predicting home range size from the body mass or population densities of feral pigs, Sus scrofa (Artiodactyla: Suidae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 538-543

  Saunders, Glen ^a   McLeod, Steven ^a  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allometric relationship; Geometric mean regression; Telemetry; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044385807     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.1999.01001.x     Document Type: Article

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