Comparative study on the consequences of culling badgers (Meles meles) on biometrics, population dynamics and movement

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 567-580

  Tuyttens, F A M ^a,c   Macdonald, D W ^a   Rogers, L M ^b   Cheeseman, C L ^b   Roddam, A W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c Dept Mechanization Labour B ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Demography; Density dependence; Mycobactereium bovis; Population regulation; Reproductive suppression

Indexed keywords

BIOMETRY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISEASE CONTROL; MOVEMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

MELES MELES;

EID: 0033879869     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2000.00419.x     Document Type: Article

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