Denning behaviour of the European badger (Meles meles) correlates with bovine tuberculosis infection status

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 471-479

  Weber, Nicola ^a,b   Bearhop, Stuart ^a   Dall, Sasha R X ^a   Delahay, Richard J ^b   McDonald, Robbie A ^a   Carter, Stephen P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Denning behaviour; Disease transmission; Movement patterns; Space use; Wildlife disease management

Indexed keywords

DEN; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MUSTELID; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPACE USE; TUBERCULOSIS;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MELES MELES; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 84873995312     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1467-4     Document Type: Article

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