Invasive species and bushmeat hunting contributing to wildlife conservation: The case of feral pigs in a Neotropical wetland

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Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 78-83

  Jean Desbiez, Arnaud Leonard ^a,b   Keuroghlian, Alexine ^c   Piovezan, Ubiratan ^b   Bodmer, Richard Ernest ^d  

^a ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brazil; Bushmeat; feral pig; hunting; invasive species; Pantanal; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

BUSHMEAT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PIG; PROTECTED AREA; SURVEY; WETLAND; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

PANTANAL;

PECARI TAJACU; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TAYASSU PECARI;

EID: 79952982644     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310001304     Document Type: Article

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