Male-biased movement in a high-density population of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1077-1086

  Macdonald, David W ^a   Newman, Christopher ^a   Buesching, Christina D ^a   Johnson, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Movement; Philopatry; Social groups

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MALE; MALE BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; MUSTELID; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WYTHAM WOODS;

ANIMALIA; MELES MELES; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 55249111577     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-185.1     Document Type: Article

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