Estimating population size of Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) using mark-recapture and mark-resight data

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 950-960

  Tuyttens, Frank A M ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a   Swait, Elizabeth ^b   Cheeseman, Chris L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badger; Mark recapture; Mark resight; Meles meles; Population estimation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 0000078345     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1383265     Document Type: Article

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