Facilitative interactions between the Eurasian badger (Meles meles), the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), and the invasive raccoon dog (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1389-1396

  Kowalczyk, R ^a   Jedrzejewska B ^a   Zalewski, A ^a   Jedrzejewski W ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROW; CANID; FACILITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MUSTELID; NATIVE SPECIES; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

CANIDAE; MELES MELES; NYCTEREUTES PROCYONOIDES; TAXIDIINAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 57349150444     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-127     Document Type: Article

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