Distribution of badger setts and latrines in an intensively cultivated landscape

Revue Suisse de Zoologie

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 661-668

  Fischer, Claude ^a   Weber, Jean Marc ^a  

^a KORA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Badger; Intensive agriculture; Latrines; Main setts; Meles meles; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

MELES MELES; TAXIDEA TAXUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141613749     PISSN: 0035418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.80204     Document Type: Article

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