Eradication of feral swine from a barrier island in Florida, USA: an examination of effort and multi-method, multi-species population indexing

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Abstract
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Introduction
Methods
- Saint Vincent Island
- Feral swine removal by federal control experts
- Indexing methodologies based on data collected from observation stations
  - General observation station concepts
  - Passive track index (PTI)
  - Camera trap index
  - Index calculations for data collected from observation stations
- Take-rate indices
  - Take-rate index for feral swine by control experts
  - Take-rate indices for feral swine and deer by recreational hunters
  - Analytical assessment and comparison of indexing methodologies
- Uncontrollable data gaps
- Assessing Hurricane Michael’s impacts to SVI wildlife populations
Results
- Feral swine eradication
- Indexing results
  - Feral swine indexing
- Sensitivity of indices for monitoring the diminishing feral swine population
- Levels of agreement amongst indexing methods for feral swine
- White-tailed deer population monitoring and sensitivity of indices
- Sambar deer population monitoring and sensitivity of indices
- Raccoon and armadillo population monitoring and sensitivity of indices
- Wildlife impacts from Hurricane Michael
Discussion
- Feral swine eradication
- Seasonal monitoring
- Considerations for selecting an indexing method
- Index validation
Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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- Conflict of interest
- Ethical statement
- Funding
- Author contributions
- Author ORCIDs
- Data availability
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