Badgers, Meles meles, discriminate between neighbour, alien and self scent

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 429-436

  Palphramand, Kate L ^a   White, Piran C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

dear enemy effect; Eurasian badger; faeces; field experiment; Meles meles; scent recognition; territoriality; wildlife disease

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; CARNIVORE; CULLING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL; RECOGNITION; SCENT MARKING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; MELES MELES; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 34548618631     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.10.026     Document Type: Article

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