Increasing frequency of bite wounds with increasing population density in Eurasian badgers, Meles meles

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 745-751

  Macdonald, D W ^a   Harmsen, B J ^a   Johnson, P J ^a   Newman, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; INJURY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WYTHAM WOODS;

MELES MELES; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 1842579175     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.08.021     Document Type: Article

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