Predicting European badger Meles meles sett distribution in urban environments

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-198

  Huck, Maren ^a   Davison, John ^a   Roper, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

England; European badger; GIS; Logistic regression; Meles meles; Sett distribution; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

MARTES FOINA; MELES MELES; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; TAXIDIINAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 47849099759     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2008)14[188:PEBMMS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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