The avoidance of farmyards by European badgers Meles meles in a medium density population

2015 ◽  
Vol 171 ◽  
pp. 170-176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Enda Mary Mullen ◽  
Teresa MacWhite ◽  
Peter K. Maher ◽  
David J. Kelly ◽  
Nicola M. Marples ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meles Meles ◽  
Medium Density ◽  
European Badgers ◽  
Density Population

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.

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

scholarly journals MHC class II-assortative mate choice in European badgers (Meles meles)

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 3138-3150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yung Wa Sin ◽  
Geetha Annavi ◽  
Chris Newman ◽  
Christina Buesching ◽  
Terry Burke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mate Choice ◽  
Mhc Class Ii ◽  
Meles Meles ◽  
Class Ii ◽  
European Badgers

scholarly journals Validity of genus Perostrongylus Schlegel, 1934 with new data on Perostrongylus falciformis (Schlegel, 1933) in European badgers, Meles meles (Linnaeus, 1758): distribution, life-cycle and pathology

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgiana Deak ◽  
Andrei Daniel Mihalca ◽  
Joerg Hirzmann ◽  
Vito Colella ◽  
Flaviu Alexandru Tăbăran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Meles Meles ◽  
European Badgers

Encounters between two sympatric carnivores: red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and European badgers (Meles meles)

2004 ◽  
Vol 263 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. Macdonald ◽  
C. D. Buesching ◽  
P. Stopka ◽  
J. Henderson ◽  
S. A. Ellwood ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vulpes Vulpes ◽  
Meles Meles ◽  
Red Foxes ◽  
Sympatric Carnivores ◽  
European Badgers

scholarly journals Detection of live M. bovis BCG in tissues and IFN-γ responses in European badgers (Meles meles) vaccinated by oropharyngeal instillation or directly in the ileum

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sandrine Lesellier ◽  
Maria-Laura Boschiroli ◽  
Jacques Barrat ◽  
Christoph Wanke ◽  
Francisco J. Salguero ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Meles Meles ◽  
Ifn Γ ◽  
European Badgers

Diet of the European badgers (Meles meles) in urban and rural areas of Norway

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Duarte J. Gomes ◽  
Izabela A. Wierzbowska ◽  
Kjetil Bevanger ◽  
Declan T. O’Mahony ◽  
Kaja Rola
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Meles Meles ◽  
Urban And Rural Areas ◽  
European Badgers

Is population density correlated with faecal and urine scent marking in European badgers (Meles meles) in the UK?

2002 ◽  
Vol 67 (5) ◽  
pp. 286-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Hutchings ◽  
Katrina M. Service ◽  
Stephen Harris
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Scent Marking ◽  
Meles Meles ◽  
The Uk ◽  
European Badgers
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