Does local feeding specialization exist in Eurasian badgers?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-93

  Revilla, Eloy ^a   Palomares, Francisco ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; POPULATION STATISTICS; PROBABILITY;

EARTHWORMS; RABBITS;

BIODIVERSITY;

FEEDING; MUSTELID; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RESOURCE USE; SPECIALIZATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICUS; MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; OLEA EUROPAEA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; REPTILIA; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036191123     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z01-208     Document Type: Article

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