AN INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL FOR FERAL HOGS IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK

作者：Salinas Rene A^*; Stiver William H; Corn Joseph L; Lenhart Suzanne; Collins Charles; Madden Marguerite; Vercauteren Kurt C; Schmit Brandon B; Kasari Ellen; Odoi Agricola; Hickling Graham; Mccallum Hamish

来源：Natural Resource Modeling, 2015, 28(1): 18-36.

DOI：10.1111/nrm.12055

• Sus scrofa
• Eurasian wild boar
• invasive species
• individual-based model
• feral hog
• hard mast

The expansion of feral hog (Sus scrofa) populations in the United States has resulted in increased efforts to develop and implement control strategies designed to minimize the impacts done by this invasive species. We describe an individual-based model for feral hogs in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP). The objectives of the model are to provide an understanding of the population dynamics of this feral hog population and to determine the efficacy of the annual harvest as a population control method. Results suggest that the dynamics of the population are driven by fall hard mast production and the GSMNP harvests currently limit growth of the population, but these control efforts have not reduced the population.

• 出版日期2015-2