Survival and habitat use of feral hogs in Mississippi

Southeastern Naturalist

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 411-426

  Hayes, Robert ^a   Riffell, Sam ^a   Minnis, Richard ^a   Holder, Brad ^b  

^a Box 9690 ^*  (United States)

^b Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 77749301416     PISSN: 15287092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/058.008.0304     Document Type: Article

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