Survey of badger Meles meles damage to agriculture in England and Wales

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 974-988

  Moore, Niall ^a   Whiterow, Anne ^a   Kelly, Paul ^a   Garthwaite, David ^a   Bishop, Julie ^a   Langton, Steve ^a   Cheeseman, Chris ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burrowing; Crop; Predation; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; MAMMAL; PEST DAMAGE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

METES METES;

EID: 0033390868     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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