Annual and circadian activity patterns of badgers (Meles meles) in Białowieża Primeval Forest (eastern Poland) compared with other palaearctic populations

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 463-472

  Kowalczyk, Rafał ^a   Jȩdrzejewska, Bogumiła ^a   Zalewski, Andrzej ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Activity rhythm; Biogeographical variation; Body mass change; Earthworm abundance; Eurasian badger; Intraspecific variation; Winter sleep

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANNUAL VARIATION; BODY MASS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MUSTELID; SLEEP; TEMPERATURE;

BIALOWIEZ PRIMEVAL FOREST; EURASIA; POLAND;

MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 0037360120     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00804.x     Document Type: Article

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