Ecology and translocation-aided recovery of an endangered badger population

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 113-122

  Kinley, Trevor A ^a   Newhouse, Nancy J ^a  

^a Sylvan Consulting Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Badger; British Columbia; Diet; Extirpation; Mortality; Range limit; Recovery; Space use; Taxidea taxus; Translocation

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOME RANGE; MORTALITY; MUSTELID; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RODENT; SPACE USE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRANSLOCATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS COLUMBIANUS; TAXIDEA; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE; TAXUS;

EID: 38649085353     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-406     Document Type: Article

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