Feral swine behavior relative to aerial gunning in Southern Texas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 337-341

  Campbell, Tyler A ^a   Long, David B ^a   Leland, Bruce R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial gunning; Feral swine; Global Positioning System; Helicopter; Hog; Home range; Movement; Pig; Sus scrofa; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; DISEASE SPREAD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; PIG; SURVIVAL;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 76349103754     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-131     Document Type: Article

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