Mortality rates of wild boar Sus scrofa L. in central Europe

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 805-814

  Keuling, Oliver ^a   Baubet, Eric ^b   Duscher, Andreas ^c   Ebert, Cornelia ^d   Fischer, Claude ^e   Monaco, Andrea ^f   Podgórski, Tomasz ^g   Prevot, Céline ^h   Ronnenberg, Katrin ^a   Sodeikat, Gunter ^a   Stier, Norman ⁱ   Thurfjell, Henrik ^j  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d Research Institute for Forest Ecology and Forestry   (Germany)

^e HES SO Geneve   (Switzerland)

^f Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

^g MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^h Service Public de Wallonie   (Belgium)

ⁱ DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^j SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Human dimension; Hunting efficiency; Mortality rates; Sex ratio; Sus scrofa; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84888046093     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-013-0733-8     Document Type: Article

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