Datasets / Food Habits of St. Vincent Island Sambars and Hogs


Food Habits of St. Vincent Island Sambars and Hogs

Published By US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior

Issued over 9 years ago

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Summary

Type of release
a one-off release of a single dataset

Data Licence
Not Applicable

Content Licence
Creative Commons CCZero

Verification
automatically awarded

Description

Sambar deer Cervus unicolor and feral hogs Sus scrofs coninhabit St. Vincent Island, Florida. Rumen samples were analyzed to assess the dietary overlap of the two species. Little competition for forage exists between these sympatric populations in the fall season. The refuge manager, adding this information to his or her body of knowledge, can better manage these two species.