Factors determining badger Meles meles sett location in agricultural ecosystems of NW Italy

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-27

  Remonti, Luigi ^a   Balestrieri, Alessandro ^a   Prigioni, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural habitat; Eurasian badger; Meles meles; Sett characteristics; Sett density; Sett site selection

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALLUVIAL PLAIN; CONSERVATION; DISTURBANCE; POPULATION DENSITY; SHRUB; WOOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PIEDMONT [ITALY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MELES MELES; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 33646343732     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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