Consequences associated with the recent range expansion of nonnative feral swine

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 291-299

  Bevins, Sarah N ^a   Pedersen, Kerri ^a   Lutman, Mark W ^a   Gidlewski, Thomas ^a   Deliberto, Thomas J ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

conservation; ecology; emerging diseases; infectious diseases; invasive species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898942833     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu015     Document Type: Review

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