Estimating group size and population density of Eurasian badgers Meles meles by quantifying latrine use

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1114-1121

  Tuyttens, F A M ^a,e   Long, B ^a   Fawcett, T ^b   Skinner, A ^b   Brown, J A ^c   Cheeseman, C L ^d   Roddam, A W ^a   Macdonald, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Julian Brown Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e WALLOON AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bait marking; Census; Demography; Faecal count; Population size

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROUP SIZE; MUSTELID; POPULATION DENSITY;

EID: 0034779709     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00665.x     Document Type: Article

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