A Model for Evaluating Hunting and Contraception as Feral Hog Population Control Methods

摘要: Feral swine (Sus scrofa) are an invasive species known to feed on small animals, eggs, roots, and herbaceous material. In addition being a nuisance managed lands such as Fort Benning, GA, uncontrolled populations of feral destroy habitat elevate the risk disease for threatened endangered that cohabitate land. This chapter explores relative effectiveness controlling with hunting, contraception, combination two. To study issue, authors used NetLogo (http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/) develop agent-based simulation model incorporates digital maps subject population’s at Benning. Simulation results supported hypothesis lethal control oral contraceptive delivery will provide better Benning population than either technique alone. Additionally, provides framework understanding how interact landscape helps land managers predict impacts proposed techniques.