Population dynamics of badgers (Meles meles) in Oxfordshire, U.K.: Numbers, density and cohort life histories, and a possible role of climate change in population growth

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 256, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 121-138

  Macdonald, D W ^a   Newman, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bovine tuberculosis; Climate change; Eurasian badger; Meles meles; Mycobacterium bovis; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; MUSTELID; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEX RATIO;

ENGLAND (OXFORDSHIRE); UNITED KINGDOM; WYTHAM WOODS;

BOVINAE; MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; ROSA WOODSII; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 0036159655     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0952836902000158     Document Type: Article

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