Use of multiple den sites by eurasian badgers, meles meles, in a mediterranean habitat

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 978-985

  Loureiro, Filipa ^a   Rosalino, Luís Miguel ^a   Macdonald, David W ^b   Santos Reis, Margarida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate; Cork oak forests; Mustelidae; Resting site; Seasonal change

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HOUSING, ANIMAL; MALE; MUSTELIDAE; PORTUGAL; RAIN; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; QUERCUS SUBER; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 36849018063     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.978     Document Type: Article

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