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References

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• Cresswell, W., S. Harris, C. Cheeseman, P. Mallinson. 1992. To Breed or not to Breed: An Analysis of the Social and Density-Dependent Constraints on the Fecundity of Female Badgers (Meles meles). Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 338/1286: 393-407.
• Dekker, J., H. Bekker. 2010. Badger (Meles meles) road mortality in the Netherlands: the characteristics of victims and the effects of mitigation measures. Lutra, 53/2: 81-92.
• Delahay, R., G. Wilson, S. Harris, D. Macdonald. 2008. Badger Meles meles. Pp. 425-436 in S Harris, D Yalden, eds. Mammals of the British Isles: Handbook 4th Edition, Vol. 1, 4 Edition. Southampton, UK: The Mammal Society.
• Do Linh San, E., N. Ferrari, J. Weber. 2007. Socio-spatial organization of Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) in a low-density population of central Europe. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 85/9: 973-984.
• Fedriani, J., F. Palomares, M. Delibes. 1999. Niche Relations among Three Sympatric Mediterranean Carnivores. Oecologia, 121/1: 138-148.
• Frantz, A., E. Do Linh San, L. Pope, T. Burke. 2010. Using genetic methods to investigate dispersal in two badger (Meles meles) populations with different ecological characteristics. Heredity, 104/5: 493-501.
• Gehrt, S., S. Riley, B. Cypher. 2010. Urban Carnivores: Ecology, Conflict, and Conservation. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. Accessed April 01, 2011 at http://books.google.com/books?id=xYKqluO6c8UC&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
• Johnson, D., W. Jetz, D. MacDonald. 2002. Environmental correlates of badger social spacing across Europe. Journal of Biogeography, 29: 411-425.
• Kruuk, H. 1978. Foraging and Spatial Organisation of the European Badger, Meles meles L.. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 4/1: 74-89.
• Kruuk, H. 1989. The Social Badger: Ecology and Behaviour of a Group-living Carnivore (Meles meles). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
• Kruuk, H., T. Parish. 1987. changes in the Size of Groups and Ranges of the European Badger (Meles meles L.) in an Area in Scotland. Journal of Animal Ecology, 56/1: 351-364.
• Lariviere, S., A. Jennings. 2009. Family Mustelidae. Pp. 564-624 in D Wilson, R Mittermeier, eds. Handbook of the Mammals of the World, Vol. 1/Carnivores, 1 Edition. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
• Loureiro, F., L. Rosalino, D. Macdonald, M. Santos-Reis. 2007. Use of multiple den sites by Eurasian badgers, Meles meles, in a Mediterranean habitat. Zoological Science (Tokyo), 24/10: 978-985.
• MacDonald, D., C. Newman, C. Buesching, P. Nouvellet. 2010. Are badgers 'Under The Weather'? Direct and indirect impacts of climate variation on European badger (Meles meles) populaiton dynamics. Global Change Biology, 16: 2913-2922.
• Molina-Vacas, G., V. Bonet-Arboli, E. Rafart-Plaza, J. Rodriguez-Teijeiro. 2009. Spatial ecology of European badgers (Meles meles) in Mediterranean habitats of the north-eastern Iberian Peninsula. II: habitat selection. Vie et Milieu, 59/2: 233-242.
• Moore, N., A. Whiterow, P. Kelly, D. Garthwaite, J. Bishop, S. Langton, C. Cheeseman. 1999. Survey of Badger Meles meles Damage to Agriculture in England and Wales. Journal of Applied Ecology, 36/6: 974-988.
• Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 16, 2011 at http://animaldiversity.org. http://www.animaldiversity.org
• Pigozzi, G. 1992. Frugivory and Seed Dispersal by the European Badger in a Mediterranean Habitat. Journal of Mammalogy, 73/3: 630-639.
• Revilla, E., F. Palomares. 2002. Spatial Organization, Group Living and Ecological Correlates in Low-Density Populations of Eurasian Badgers, Meles meles. British Ecological Society, 71/2: 497-512.
• Richard Weigl (2005) Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe 48: Stuttgart.
• Rogers, L., R. Delahay, C. Cheeseman, S. Langton, G. Smith, R. Clifton-Hadley. 1998. Movement of Badgers (Meles meles) in a High-Density Population: Individual, Population and Disease Effects. Proceedings: Biological Sciences, 265/1403: 1269-1276.
• Roper, T., D. Shepherdson, J. Davies. 1986. Scent Marking with Faeces and Anal Secretion in the European Badger (Meles meles): Seasonal and Spatial Characteristics of Latrine Use in Relation to Territoriality. Behaviour, 97/1: 94-117.
• Roper, T., J. Ostler, T. Schmid, S. Christian. 2001. Sett Use in European Badgers Meles meles. Behaviour, 138/2: 173-187.
• Rosalino, L., M. Santos-Reis. 2009. Fruit consumption by carnivores in Mediterranean Europe. Mammal Review, 39/1: 67-78.
• Torres, J., J. Miquel, M. Motje. 2001. Helminth parasites of the eurasian badger (Meles meles L.) in Spain: a biogeographic approach. Parasitologia Sanitaries, 87: 259-263.
• Tuyttens, F., R. Delahay, D. MacDonald, C. Cheeseman, B. Long, C. Donnelly. 2000. Spatial Pertubation Caused by a Badger (Meles meles) Culling Operation: Implications for the Function of Territoriality and the Control of Bovine Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis). Journal of Animal Ecology, 69/5: 815-828.
• Vicente, J., R. Delahay, N. Walker, C. Cheeseman. 2007. Social organization and movement influence the incidence of bovine tuberculosis in an undisturbed high-density badger Meles meles population. Journal of Animal Ecology, 76: 348-360.
• Virgos, E., J. Casanovas. 1999. Environmental Constraints at the Edge of a Species Distribution, the Eurasian Badger (Meles meles L.): A Biogeographic Approach. Journal of Biogeography, 26/3: 599-564.
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• Wong, J., P. Stewart, D. MacDonald. 1999. Vocal Repertoire in the European Badger (Meles meles): Structure, Context, and Function. Journal of Mammalogy, 80/2: 570-588.
• Woodroffe, R., D. Macdonald, C. Begg, K. Begg. 2001. Badgers. Pp. 116-119 in D Macdonald, S Norris, eds. The New Encyclopedia of Mammals, Vol. 1, 1 Edition. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
• Yamaguchi, N., H. Dugdale, D. MacDonald. 2006. Female Receptivity, Embryonic Diapause, and Superfetation in the European Badger (Meles meles): Implications for the Reproductive Tactics of Males and Females. The Quarterly Review of Biology, 81/1: 33-48.
• da Silva, J., D. MacDonald, P. Evans. 1994. Net costs of group living in a solitary forager, the Eurasian badger (Meles meles). Behavioral Ecology, 5/2: 151-158.
• da Silva, J., R. Woodroffe, D. Macdonald. 1993. Habitat, food availability and group territoriality in the European badger, Meles meles. Oecologia, 95/4: 558-564.