Effects of hunting on wild boar Sus scrofa behaviour

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 87-93

  Thurfjell, Henrik ^a   Spong, Göran ^a   Ericsson, Göran ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

escape; GPS; hunting; movement; Sus scrofa; wild boar

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875361786     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/12-027     Document Type: Article

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