Distribution, characteristics and use of shelters by the Eurasian badger Meles meles along an altitudinal gradient in the Western Carpathians, S Poland

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-160

  Myslajek, Robert W ^a   Nowak, Sabina ^a   Jedrzejewska, Bogumila ^b  

^a Association for Nature 'Wolf'   (Poland)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Burrow; Habitat selection; Mountains; Resting sites; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BURROWING; CARNIVORE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MUSTELID; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE EFFECT; SHELTER; SITE SELECTION; SLOPE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CARPATHIANS; POLAND; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

EID: 84862653367     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v61.i2.a8.2012     Document Type: Article

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