Spatial organization, group living and ecological correlates in low-density populations of Eurasian badgers, Meles meles

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 497-512

  Revilla, Eloy ^a,b   Palomares, Francisco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Group living; Integrative hypothesis; Meles meles; Resource dispersion hypothesis; Social organization; Sociality; Space use; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPACE USE; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; MELES MELES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 0036105921     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00617.x     Document Type: Article

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