Ecology of European badgers (Meles meles) in rural areas of Western Switzerland

Middle-Sized Carnivores in Agricultural Landscapes

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 83-104

  San, Emmanuel Do Linh ^a   Ferrari, Nicola ^b   Fischer, Claude ^c   Weber, Jean Marc ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^d KORA   (Switzerland)

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