A habitat analysis of badger (Meles meles L.) setts in a semi-natural forest

Zeitschrift fur Saugetierkunde

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 204-214

  Good, Tatjana C ^a   Hindenlang, Karin ^b   Imfeld, S ^c   Nievergelt, B ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Entrance type; Habitat analysis; Meles meles; Sett distribution; Sett site

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344454849     PISSN: 00443468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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