Habitat selection by European badgers at multiple spatial scales in Portuguese Mediterranean ecosystems

Wildlife Research

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 835-843

  Santos, Maria J ^a,b   Beier, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Land Air and Water Resources ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONOCULTURE; MUSTELID;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CONIFEROPHYTA; MELES MELES; QUERCUS SUBER; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 58149115033     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR08009     Document Type: Article

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