Restricted ranging behaviour in a high-density population of urban badgers

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 277, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-53

  Davison, J ^a,c   Huck, M ^a   Delahay, R J ^b   Roper, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Home range; Meles meles; Movement patterns; Radio tracking; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MOVEMENT; MUSTELID; POPULATION DENSITY; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

BRIGHTON; BRIGHTON AND HOVE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; MELES MELES; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 58149129516     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00509.x     Document Type: Article

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