The badger (Meles meles L.) in the Swiss Jura: Trapping success, demographic parameters and ectoparasites;Le blaireau (Meles meles L.) dans le Jura Suisse: Succès de capture, paramètres démographiques et ectoparasites

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 565-580

  Do Linh San, Emmanuel ^a   Ferrari, Nicola ^c   Weber, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^b KORA   (Switzerland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Age structure; Badger; Body weight; Ectoparasites; Meles meles; Road mortality; Sex ratio; Trapping success

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ANIMALIA; IXODES; MELES MELES; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 0141502115     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80199     Document Type: Article

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