Dietary shifts of the badger (Meles meles) in Mediterranean woodlands: An opportunistic forager with seasonal specialisms

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 12-23

  Rosalino, L M ^a   Loureiro, F ^a   Macdonald, D W ^b   Santon Reis, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badger; Cork oak woodlands; Diet; Mediterranean environments; Meles meles

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LAND USE; MUSTELID;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); MELES MELES; OLEACEAE; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS SUBER; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 11144226235     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1616-5047-00172     Document Type: Article

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