Population density and body weight influences on home range size of feral hogs

California Fish and Game

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 136-142

  Kiefer, Shane J ^a   Weckerly, Floyd W ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DENSITY;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 18944365636     PISSN: 00081078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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