Intake of mast by wildlife in texas and the potential for competition with wild boars

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-66

  Elston, Jennifer J ^a,b   Hewitt, David G ^a  

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

^b Fort Worth Zoo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; PECARI TAJACU; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; QUERCUS SHUMARDII; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 77749283306     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/TAL-03.1     Document Type: Article

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