Metadata for National Feral Pig Current Distribution in Australia Dataset (2024) version 1.0

National Feral Pig Current Distribution in Australia (2024) is a continental spatial dataset of the modelled current distribution of feral pigs (Sus scrofa) in Australia. The dataset contains a national map of the current relative abundance of feral pigs for each 5 km x 5 km cell in the raster grid, which is proportional to, but not equal to, the true or absolute abundance of pigs in that cell. This dataset was produced from a collaboration between the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES), the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), and data contributors, as part of the National Vertebrate Pests and Weeds Distribution Project. The project was supported with funding from the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s Established Pest Animals and Weeds Management Pipeline Program and Supporting Communities Manage Pest Animals and Weeds Program. Authors full name by order: Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. (We’re not giving specific author names, but researchers involved in producing the dataset are noted in the acknowledgements.)