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Wild Pig Acknowledgments

Last Updated: February 15, 2008 Related resource areas: Wildlife Damage Management

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Bibliography and Print Resources

Feral hog (left) and European wild boar (right). Both are the species Sus scrofa.
Feral hog (left) and European wild boar (right). Both are the species Sus scrofa.

Barrett, R. H. 1970. Management of feral hogs on private lands. Trans. Western Sect. Wildl. Soc. 6:71-78.

Barrett, R. H. 1977. Wild pigs in California. Pages 111-113 in G. W. Wood, ed. Research and management of wild hog populations.

Symp. Belle W. Baruch For. Sci. Inst., Clemson Univ., Georgetown, South Carolina.

Barrett, R. H. 1978. The feral hog on the Dye Creek Ranch, California. Hilgardia 46:283-355. Barrett, R. H., B. L. Goatcher, P. J. Gogan, and E. L. Fitzhugh. 1988. Removing feral pigs from Annadel State Park. Trans. Western Sect. Wildl. Soc. 24:47-52.

Bratton, S. P. 1974. The effect of the European wild boar (Sus scrofa) on the high elevation vernal flora in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 101:198-206.

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Pavlov, P. M., J. Hone, R. J. Kilgour, and H. Pedersen. 1981. Predation by feral pigs on Merino lambs at Nyngan, New South Wales. Australian J. Exp. Agric. An. Husb. 21:570-574.

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Sterner, J. D., and R. H. Barrett. 1991. Removing feral pigs from Santa Cruz Island, California. Trans. Western Sect. The Wildl. Soc. 27:47-53.

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Wade, D. A., and J. E. Bowns. 1982. Procedures for evaluating predation on livestock and wildlife. Bull. B-1429, Texas A & M Univ., College Station. 42 pp.

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Editors

Scott E. Hygnstrom

Robert M. Timm

Gary E. Larson

Images and Illustrations

Figures 1 and 2 by Emily Oseas Routman.

Figures 3 and 4 by Marilyn Murtos, US Bureau of Reclamation, Sacramento, California.



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