Predicting badger sett numbers: Evaluating methods in East Sussex

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 649-655

  Macdonald, D W ^a   Mitchelmore, F ^c   Bacon, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Badger; Meles meles; ordination; prediction; regression; sett density; sett distribution; Sussex

Indexed keywords

BADGER SETT; LAND CLASS; SETT DENSITY;

UK, ENGLAND, SUSSEX;

EID: 0030303316     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.1996.tb00025.x     Document Type: Article

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