Illegal translocation and genetic structure of feral pigs in Western Australia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 377-384

  Spencer, Peter B S ^a   Hampton, Jordan O ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bayesian assignment; Deliberate introduction; Dispersal; Feral boar; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Movement; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PIG; POPULATION GENETICS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; SUS; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 4644284860     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0377:ITAGSO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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