A survey of helminth infection in Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) in relation to their foraging behaviour in a Mediterranean environment in southwest Portugal

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 202-206

  Rosalino, Luís Miguel ^a   Torres, Jordi ^b   Santos Reis, Margarida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cork oak woodlands; Diet; Endoparasites; Helminths; Meles meles; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ATRIOTAENIA INCISA; CESTODA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MASTOPHORUS MURIS; MELES MELES; MOLINEUS PATENS; NEMATODA; STRONGYLOIDES; TAXIDIINAE; UNCINARIA CRINIFORMIS; VERMES;

EID: 33745713985     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-006-0033-7     Document Type: Article

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