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28 - Introduced Wild Pigs in North America: History, Problems and Management

from Part III - Conservation and Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 November 2017

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John J. Mayer
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Mario Melletti  and
Erik Meijaard
Mario Melletti
Affiliation:
AfBIG (African Buffalo Initiative Group), IUCN SSC ASG
Erik Meijaard
Affiliation:
Australian National University, Canberra
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Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries , pp. 299 - 312
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Print publication year: 2017

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