The diet of the badger Meles meles (Mustelidae, Carnivora) on the Apennines (Central Italy)

Mammalia

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-95

  Asprea, Alessandro ^a   De Marinis, Anna Maria ^b  

^a Serv Sci Parco Naz Abruzzo L   (Italy)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; MUSTELID;

APENNINES; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CARNIVORA; MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; TAXIDEA TAXUS;

EID: 17644421422     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/mamm.2005.009     Document Type: Article

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