Differences in trappability of European badgers Meles meles in three populations in England

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1051-1062

  Tuyttens, F A M ^a,c   Macdonald, D W ^a   Delahay, R ^b   Rogers, L M ^b   Mallinson, F J ^b   Donnelly, C A ^a   Newman, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept Mechanisation Labour B ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cage trapping; Capture probability; Capture mark recapture; Mycobacterium bovis; Population estimation

Indexed keywords

CATCHABILITY; MAMMAL; TRAPPING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

MELES MELES; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS;

EID: 0033372290     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00462.x     Document Type: Article

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