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Invasive Wild Pigs in North America Ecology, Impacts, and Management

Langue : Anglais

Coordonnateurs : VerCauteren Kurt C., Beasley James C., Ditchkoff Stephen S., Mayer John J., Roloff Gary J., Strickland Bronson K.

Couverture de l’ouvrage Invasive Wild Pigs in North America

Throughout North America, non-native wild pigs have become an ecologically and economically destructive invasive species. Though they are regarded as a popular game species by some, provide economic benefits to others, and are even engrained into societal heritage in some areas, wild pigs are responsible for an extraordinary amount of damage in both natural and anthropogenic systems throughout North America. As the density and range of wild pig habitat have substantially increased over the last several decades, the magnitude and diversity of their negative impacts are not yet fully realized or quantified. With various conflicts continually emerging, wild pig management is difficult and expensive to achieve. As a result, wild pigs represent one of the greatest wildlife management challenges North America faces in the 21st century.

Invasive Wild Pigs in North America: Ecology, Impacts, and Management addresses all aspects of wild pig biology, ecology, damage, and management in a single comprehensive volume. It assimilates and organizes information on the most destructive introduced vertebrate species in the United States, establishing a foundation from which managers, researchers, policy makers, and other stakeholders can build upon into the future. The book provides comprehensive coverage of wild pig biology and ecology, techniques for management and research, and regional chapters. It is an asset to readers interested in wild pigs, the resources they impact, and how to mitigate those impacts, and establishes a vision of the future of wild pigs in North America.

Features:

  • Compiles valuable knowledge for a broad audience including wild pig managers, researchers, adversaries, and enthusiasts from across North America
  • Addresses taxonomy, morphology, genetics, physiology, spatial ecology, population dynamics, diseases and parasites, and the naturalized niche of wild pigs
  • Includes chapters on damage to resources, management, research methods, human dimensions and education, and policy and legislation
  • Contains full color images and case studies of interesting and informative situations being created by wild pigs throughout North America
  • Includes a chapter on wild pigs at the wildland?urban interface, a more recent and especially challenging issue

Foreword: The Dilemma with Wild Pigs in North America

Acknowledgments

Editors

Contributors

Chapter 1 Introduction

Kurt C. VerCauteren, John J. Mayer, James C. Beasley, Stephen S. Ditchkoff, Gary J. Roloff, and Bronson K. Strickland

Chapter 2 Wild Pig Taxonomy, Morphology, Genetics, and Physiology

John J. Mayer, Timothy J. Smyser, Antoinette J. Piaggio, and Stam M. Zervanos

Chapter 3 Wild Pig Spatial Ecology and Behavior

Steven M. Gray, Gary J. Roloff, Robert A. Montgomery, James C. Beasley, and Kim M. Pepin

Chapter 4 Wild Pig Population Dynamics

Nathan P. Snow, Ryan S. Miller, James C. Beasley, and Kim M. Pepin

Chapter 5 Diseases and Parasites That Impact Wild Pigs and Species They Contact

Joseph L. Corn and Michael J. Yabsley

Chapter 6 The Naturalized Niche of Wild Pigs in North America

Peter E. Schlichting, James C. Beasley, and Kurt C. VerCauteren

Chapter 7 Wild Pig Damage to Resources

Bronson K. Strickland, Mark D. Smith, and Andrew L. Smith

Chapter 8 Management of Wild Pigs

Stephen S. Ditchkoff and Michael J. Bodenchuk

Chapter 9 Research Methods for Wild Pigs

James C. Beasley, Michael J. Lavelle, David A. Keiter, Kim M. Pepin, Antoinette J. Piaggio, John C. Kilgo, and Kurt C. VerCauteren

Chapter 10 Human Dimensions and Education Associated with Wild Pigs in North America

Michael T. Mengak and Craig A. Miller

Chapter 11 Wild Pig Policy and Legislation

Andrew L. Smith

Chapter 12 Wild Pigs in Western North America

Michael P. Glow, John J. Mayer, Bethany A. Friesenhahn, and Kurt C. VerCauteren

Chapter 13 Wild Pigs in North-Central North America

Ryan K. Brook and Michael P. Glow

Chapter 14 Wild Pigs in Northeastern North America

Dwayne R. Etter, Melissa Nichols, and Karmen M. Hollis-Etter

Chapter 15 Wild Pigs in South-Central North America

Joshua A. Gaskamp, James C. Cathey, Billy Higginbotham, and Michael J. Bodenchuk

Chapter 16 Wild Pigs in Southeastern North America

John J. Mayer, James C. Beasley, Raoul K. Boughton, and Stephen S. Ditchkoff

Chapter 17 Wild Pigs in the Pacific Islands

Steven C. Hess, Nathaniel H. Wehr, and Creighton M. Litton

Chapter 18 Wild Pigs in Mexico and the Caribbean

J. Alfonso Ortega-S, Johanna Delgado-Acevedo, Jorge G. Villarreal-González, Rafael Borroto-Páez, and Roberto Tamez-González

Chapter 19 Wild Pig Populations along the Urban Gradient

Jesse S. Lewis, Kurt C. VerCauteren, Robert M. Denkhaus, and John J. Mayer

Chapter 20 The Future of Wild Pigs in North America

Stephen S. Ditchkoff, James C. Beasley, John J. Mayer, Gary J. Roloff, Bronson K. Strickland, and Kurt C. VerCauteren

Index

Academic and Professional Reference
Kurt C. VerCauteren, John J. Mayer, Bronson K. Strickland