Spatial organisation of badgers (Meles meles) in a Medium-density population in Luxembourg;Organizzazione spaziale del tasso (Meles meles) in una popolazione a media densità del Lussemburgo.

Hystrix

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-18

  Frantz, Alain C ^a,b   Schley, Laurent ^c   Schaul, Michel ^b   Balestrieri, Alessandro ^d   Roper, Timothy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b MUSÉE NATIONAL D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Luxembourg)

^c Service de la Conservation de la Nature   (Luxembourg)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Home range size; Radiotelemetry; Scent marking; Territorial behaviour

Indexed keywords

MELES MELES; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 77957605651     PISSN: 03941914     EISSN: 18255272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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