Territoriality of feral pigs in a highly persecuted population on Fort Benning, Georgia

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 497-502

  Sparklin, Bill D ^a   Mitchell, Michael S ^a   Hanson, Laura B ^b   Jolley, D Buck ^b   Ditchkoff, Stephen S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core area; Feral pig; Global Positioning System (GPS) telemetry; Home range; Resource productivity; Sus scrofa; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GPS; HOME RANGE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PIG; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; TERRITORIALITY;

FORT BENNING; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 77749309288     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-585     Document Type: Article

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