A mechanism for Passive Range Exclusion: Evidence from the European badger (Meles meles)

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 184, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 279-289

  Stewart, Paul D ^a   Anderson, Carl ^a   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL;

CARNIVORA; MELES MELES; TAXIDEA TAXUS;

EID: 0031557178     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0248     Document Type: Article

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