An individual-based model for feral hogs in great smoky mountains national park

Natural Resource Modeling

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-36

  Salinas, René A ^a   Stiver, William H ^b   Corn, Joseph L ^c   Lenhart, Suzanne ^d   Collins, Charles ^d   Madden, Marguerite ^c   Vercauteren, Kurt C ^e   Schmit, Brandon B ^e   Kasari, Ellen ^f   Odoi, Agricola ^d   Hickling, Graham ^d   Mccallum, Hamish ^g  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^g GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Eurasian wild boar; Feral hog; Hard mast; Individual based model; Invasive species; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

CONTROL STRATEGIES; EURASIAN WILD BOAR; FERAL HOG; GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; HARD MAST; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODELLING; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION CONTROL; SUS SCROFA; WILD BOARS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84923470146     PISSN: 08908575     EISSN: 19397445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nrm.12055     Document Type: Article

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