Density-dependent regulation of body mass and condition in badgers (Meles meles) from Wytham Woods

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2056-2061

  Macdonald, David W ^a   Newman, Chris ^a   Stewart, Paul D ^a   Domingo Roura, Xavier ^a,b   Johnson, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Badgers; Body mass; Condition; Density dependence; Fecundity; Meles meles; RDH; Resource dispersion hypothesis; Wytham Woods, UK

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FECUNDITY; MUSTELID;

ENGLAND (OXFORDSHIRE); UNITED KINGDOM; WYTHAM WOODS;

MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 0012836265     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2056:DDROBM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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