Food habits of the Eurasian badger in a rural Mediterranean area

Zeitschrift fur Jagdwissenschaft

Volumn 48, Issue SUPPL., 2002, Pages 236-246

  Melis, Claudia ^a   Cagnacci, Francesca ^a   Bargagli, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Diet; Italy; Meles meles; Scats

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MELES MELES; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SCATOPHAGIDAE (FISHES); TAXIDEA TAXUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038446791     PISSN: 00442887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02192413     Document Type: Conference Paper

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