Feral pigs: Predicting future distributions

Wildlife Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 242-251

  Cowled, Brendan D ^a   Giannini, Fiona ^b   Beckett, Sam D ^c   Woolnough, Andrew ^d   Barry, Simon ^e   Randall, Lucy ^b   Garner, Graeme ^a  

^a Office of the Chief Veterinary Officer   (Australia)

^b BUREAU OF RURAL SCIENCES   (Australia)

^c Broadleaf Capital International Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; DISABILITY; FERAL ORGANISM; HUNTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PIG; PLANNING METHOD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KIMBERLEY [WESTERN AUSTRALIA]; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 65249175583     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR08115     Document Type: Article

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