Individual differences in den maintenance effort in a communally dwelling mammal: The Eurasian badger

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 153-161

  Stewart, Paul D ^a   Bonesi, Laura ^b   Macdonald, David W ^b  

^a BBC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUSOCIALITY; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MAINTENANCE; MAMMAL; NEST SITE;

MELES MELES;

EID: 0033045392     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0935     Document Type: Article

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