Temporal variation in the availability of Mediterranean food resources: Do badgers Meles meles track them?

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 197-206

  Loureiro, Filipa ^a,b   Bissonette, John A ^c   Macdonald, David W ^d   Santos Reis, Margarida ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b Ed C2 2o Piso   (Portugal)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Badger; Food availability; Mediterranean habitats; Meles meles; Pulsed resources; Seasonality; Unpredictable environments

Indexed keywords

CARICA PAPAYA; COLEOPTERA; ERIOBOTRYA JAPONICA; FICUS CARICA; HEXAPODA; MELES MELES; OLEA EUROPAEA; OLEACEAE; ORTHOPTERA; PYRUS; PYRUS BOURGAEANA; QUERCUS SUBER; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 68949101351     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/07-046     Document Type: Article

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