scholarly journals Badger Meles meles sett site selection in low density Mediterranean areas of central Spain

1999 ◽  
Vol 44 ◽  
pp. 173-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emilio Virgós ◽  
Jorge G. Casanovas
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Meles Meles ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Central Spain ◽  
Mediterranean Areas

Badger (Meles meles) Sett Site Selection in Darwin Reserve, Northwestern Russia

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Natalia Sidorchuk ◽  
Viathcheslav Rozhnov
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Meles Meles ◽  
Northwestern Russia

Defecation and urination patterns of badgers Meles meles at low density in south west England

2001 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 87-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Hutchings ◽  
Katrina M. Service ◽  
Stephen Harris
Keyword(s):  
Meles Meles ◽  
Low Density ◽  
South West ◽  
South West England

scholarly journals Nest-site selection and nesting success in the Azure-winged Magpie in Central Spain

Bird Study ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Alonso ◽  
R. Muñoz-Pulido ◽  
L. M. Bautista ◽  
J. C. Alonso
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Nesting Success ◽  
Nest Site Selection ◽  
Central Spain

Socio-spatial organization of Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) in a low-density population of central Europe

2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (9) ◽  
pp. 973-984 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Do Linh San ◽  
Nicola Ferrari ◽  
Jean-Marc Weber
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Organization ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Group Formation ◽  
Meles Meles ◽  
Home Ranges ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Habitat Productivity ◽  
European Badgers ◽  
Social Units ◽  
Density Population

We studied the socio-spatial organization of Eurasian badgers (or European badgers), Meles meles (L., 1758), in a low-density population (estimate 1.8 badgers/km2) inhabiting a semi-rural area of western Switzerland. For this purpose, 8 badgers (5 males and 3 females) were caught at 5 different main setts and were radio-tracked between May 1994 and November 1996. The size of individual home ranges varied from 0.27 to 3.74 km2 (1.69 ± 1.33 km2 (mean ± SD), n = 8, 100% MCP), seemingly according to local variations in habitat productivity. Individual home ranges were spatially stable, but their size decreased significantly during winter (0.26 ± 0.42 km2, n = 7, 100% MCP). Badger social units consisted of 1–5 adults and (or) subadults (2.2 ± 1.5 animals, n = 9) and their yearly offspring. Group-range size varied from 0.57 to 3.74 km2 (2.12 ± 1.30 km2, n = 4) and seemed to be influenced by the spatial distribution pattern of food resources. Indeed, each group range encompassed approximately the same surface of agricultural land (about 0.60 km2). Territories were not well marked, some group ranges partly overlapped. Latrines, which were not numerous and principally located inside rather than along borders of group ranges, were only used irregularly or sporadically. This prompts us to encourage the reconsideration of the role of territorial behaviour in promoting group formation in Eurasian badgers.

scholarly journals Sett site selection by the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) in an Italian Alpine area

2005 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudio Prigioni ◽  
Maria Chiara Deflorian
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Meles Meles ◽  
Eurasian Badger ◽  
Alpine Area

scholarly journals Characteristics, location and selection of diurnal resting dens by Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) in a low density area

2001 ◽  
Vol 255 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eloy Revilla ◽  
Francisco Palomares ◽  
Néstor Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Meles Meles ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Density Area ◽  
Low Density Area ◽  
Selection Of

Population dynamics of the badger ( Meles meles ) and the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis ( Mycobacterium bovis )

1985 ◽  
Vol 310 (1145) ◽  
pp. 327-381 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Mycobacterium Bovis ◽  
Disease Transmission ◽  
Bovine Tuberculosis ◽  
Meles Meles ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Force Of Infection ◽  
Low Levels

A survey and analysis is presented of the population biology of the badger ( Meles meles ) and the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis ( Mycobacterium bovis ) within badger populations. Simple mathematical models are used to further our understanding of Special attention is given to the identification of areas in which current knowledge is inadequate, and to future research needs. The badger is shown to have a low intrinsic population growth rate, a not insignificant maturation delay to first breeding, to produce small litters of cubs which experience high rates of mortality in their first year of life but low rates thereafter, and to exhibit limited powers of dispersal. Population abundance is largely determined by habitat type and long term stability appears to arise primarily as a consequence of density-dependent constraints on fecundity. Such constraints are thought to only operate at densities close to the carrying capacity of the habitat. Cyclic fluctuations in abundance, with a period of between six and eight years, may occur in areas of moderate to poor habitat. Such fluctuations will be most apparent with respect to cub abundance as opposed to adult density. Bovine tuberculosis is endemic within many badger populations throughout regions of Britain but is particularly prevalent in areas of good badger habitat in the southwest of England. Current evidence suggests that badgers play a significant role in disease transmission to cattle. It is argued that the infection is able to persist in high, moderate and low density badger populations. The observed stability of the disease appears to be a consequence of ‘pseudo-vertical’ transmission (from parent to new born offspring), the long duration of infectiousness of infected animals (low disease-induced mortality rate), the presence of carriers and inactive cases and the social organization and behaviour of the host species. Disease prevalence is likely to be related to badger density although in a nonlinear manner. Control measures based on the removal of infected social groups of badgers in the southwest of England appear to have reduced the force of infection within badger populations by approximately 50%. The disease, however, remains endemic but at low levels of prevalence. The reduction in the force of infection has reduced the frequency of disease transmission to cattle herds. Eradication of the infection within badger populations may not be necessary for the short-term control of the infection in cattle. The persistence of low levels of infection in low density badger populations (suppressed by control measures), in areas of intensive cattle farming activity, however, presents a continual threat to cattle health in the long term . The ability of badger populations to recover from substantive reductions in density is poor, with a return time (to the pre-control state) of approximately five years. Small reductions in abundance, however, are likely to enhance net population growth rates as a consequence of the relaxation of density-dependent constraints on fecundity (the natural population regulatory mechanism). As such, rapid population growth to precontrol levels is predicted, following small reductions in density. As a consequence of the requirement for continual and substantive suppression of badger abundance (a renewable resource) in areas of intensive cattle farming it is suggested that alternative methods of disease control should be actively sought with a view to the design of more effective long-term control policies.

Observations on marking behaviour in a low-density population of European badgers (Meles meles)

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 65-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Balestrieri ◽  
Luigi Remonti ◽  
Claudio Prigioni
Keyword(s):  
Meles Meles ◽  
Low Density ◽  
Marking Behaviour ◽  
European Badgers ◽  
Density Population
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