Predicting distribution and density of European badger (Meles meles) setts in Denmark

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 3235-3253

  Jepsen, J U ^a,b,c   Madsen, A B ^a   Karlsson, M ^a   Groth, D ^a  

^a D   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Badger; Denmark; Habitat modelling; Logistic regression; Meles meles; Prediction; Presence absence; Sett density; Validation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; MODELING; MUSTELID; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

MELES MELES; TAXIDEA TAXUS;

EID: 27744550791     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-004-0444-2     Document Type: Article

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