Whisker growth in wild Eurasian badgers Meles meles: Implications for stable isotope and bait marking studies

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-350

  Robertson, Andrew ^a   McDonald, Robbie A ^a   Delahay, Richard J ^b   Kelly, Simon D ^b   Bearhop, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bait markers; Biomarker; Growth rate; Stable isotopes; Vibrissae; Whiskers

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MELES MELES;

EID: 84878113018     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-012-0679-2     Document Type: Article

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