Food habits and habitat selection of suburban badgers (Meles meles) in Japan

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 270, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-89

  Kaneko, Y ^a,b   Maruyama, N ^a   MacDonald, D W ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conifer plantation; Earthworm; Ecotone; Japanese badger; Persimmon

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; MAMMAL; SUBURBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

COLEOPTERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DIOSPYROS KAKI; DIOSPYROS VIRGINIANA; MELES MELES; MELES MELES ANAKUMA; RUBUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 33747329941     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.08.029     Document Type: Article

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