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Setts / dens and their use
Activity patterns
Food and feeding behaviour
Breeding, development of young, longevity
Predators and defences
Parasites and diseases

Setts / dens and their use

Eurasian badger, Meles meles
Image: Paw print Sett Use in European Badgers Meles meles
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b264 Back to top
Image: Paw print Function of multiple badger Meles meles setts: distribution and utilisation
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b037 Back to top
Image: Paw print Temperature and humidity in badger Meles meles setts
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b266 Back to top
Image: Paw print Ventilation of badger Meles meles setts
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b577 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Characteristics, location and selection of diurnal resting dens by Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) in a low density area
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b084 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Seasonal and spatial pattern of shelter use by badgers Meles meles in Bialowieza Primeval Forest (Poland)
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b336 Back to top

Activity patterns

Eurasian badger, Meles meles
Image: Paw print Annual and circadian activity patterns of badgers (Meles meles) in Biaowieza Primeval Forest (eastern Poland) compared with other Palaearctic populations
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b263 Back to top
Image: Paw print Activity of badgers (Meles meles) in Central Poland
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b570 Back to top
Image: Paw print Pineal rhythm of N-acetyltransferase activity and melatonin in the male badger, Meles meles L, under natural daylight: relationship with the photoperiod
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b103 Back to top
Ferret badgers, Melogale spp.
Image: Paw printPDF document Daily Activity Budgets of the Taiwan Ferret Badger (Melogale moschata subaurantiaca) in Captivity
Report   Language: English   Ref: b186 Back to top

Food and feeding behaviour

Several / all badgers
Image: Paw printPDF document Effects of the small forest carnivores on the recruitment and survival of Liaodong oak (Quercus wutaishanica) seedlings
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b546 Back to top
Eurasian badger, Meles meles
Image: Paw printPDF document Badger, Meles meles (Mustelidae, Carnivora), diet assessed through scat-analysis: a comparison and critique of different methods
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b181 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Does local feeding specialization exist in Eurasian badgers?
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b069 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document The European badger (Meles meles) diet in a Mediterranean area
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b302 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Food digestibility of an Eurasian badger Meles meles with special reference to the Mediterranean region
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b292 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Food habits of European badgers (Meles meles) along an altitudinal gradient of Mediterranean environments: a field test of the earthworm specialization hypothesis
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b456 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Niche relations among three sympatric Mediterranean carnivores
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b055 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Dietary response of the Eurasian badger, Meles meles, to a decline of its main prey in the Donana National Park
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b585 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Diet of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) in an area of the Italian Prealps
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b300 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Badger Meles meles and fox Vulpes vulpes food in agricultural land in the western Po plain (Italy)
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b337 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Diet of the Eurasian badger (Meles meles) in an agricultural riverine habitat (NW Italy).
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b503 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Seasonal variation in the food habits of badgers in an alpine valley
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b470 Back to top
Image: Paw print Dietary shifts of the badger (Meles meles) in Mediterranean woodlands: an opportunistic forager with seasonal specialisms
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b571 Back to top
Image: Paw print Diet composition of badgers (Meles meles) in a pristine forest and rural habitats of Poland compared to other European populations
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b056 Back to top
Image: Paw print Relationships between earthworm populations, grassland management and badger densities in County Kilkenny, Ireland
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b316 Back to top
Image: Paw print No Evidence of Social Hierarchy amongst Feeding Badgers, Meles meles
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b043 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Responses of foraging hedgehogs to badger odour
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b101 Back to top
Image: Paw print Factors regulating local variations in abundance: field tests on hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus).
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b182 Back to top
American badger, Taxidea taxus
Image: Paw printPDF document Food habits of badgers in East Central Minnesota
Full paper   Language: English   Ref: b434 Back to top
Image: Paw print Caching of Richardson's Ground Squirrels by North American Badgers
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b276 Back to top
Image: Paw print Killing technique of North American badgers preying on Richardson's ground squirrels
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b424 Back to top
Image: Paw print Badger Predation on Yellow-bellied Marmots
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b430 Back to top
Honey badger, Mellivora capensis
Image: Paw printPDF document Sexual and seasonal variation in the diet and foraging behaviour of a sexually dimorphic carnivore, the honey badger (Mellivora capensis)
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b376 Back to top

Breeding, development of young, longevity

Several / all badgers
Image: Paw printPDF document Delayed implantation in badgers and other mustelids: A review
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b372 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document The monophyletic origin of delayed implantation in carnivores and its implications
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b366 Back to top
Eurasian badger, Meles meles
Image: Paw printPDF document Mating system of the Eurasian badger, Meles meles , in a high density population
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b513 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Quelques observations sur la periode de mise bas et le succes reproductif du blaireau (Meles meles L.) dans l'ouest de la Suisse
Paper   Language: French   Ref: b305 Back to top
Image: Paw print Helpers provide no detectable benefits in the European badger (Meles meles)
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b077 Back to top
Honey badger, Mellivora capensis
Image: Paw printPDF document A microsatellite perspective on the reproductive success of subordinate male honey badgers, Mellivora capensis
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b520 Back to top

Predators and defences

Eurasian badger, Meles meles
Image: Paw print Wolf Canis lupus predation on moose Alces alces and roe deer Capreolus capreolus in south-central Scandinavia
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b047 Back to top
Image: Paw print The density and behaviour of large cats in a dry tropical forest mosaic in Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand.
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b421 Back to top

Parasites and diseases

Eurasian badger, Meles meles
Image: Paw printPDF document Ideal flea constraints on group living: unwanted public goods and the emergence of cooperation
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b522 Back to top
Image: Paw print Badgers and Badger Fleas: Strategies and Counter-Strategies
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b271 Back to top
Image: Paw print The Ectoparasites of the European Badger, Meles meles, and the Behavior of the Host-Specific Flea, Paraceras melis
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b269 Back to top
Image: Paw print Ectoparasites and sett use in European badgers
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b239 Back to top
Image: Paw print Coccidiosis in the European badger (Meles meles) from England, an epidemiological study
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b065 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Helminth parasites of the eurasian badger (Meles meles L.) in Spain: a biogeographic approach
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b073 Back to top
Image: Paw print Inter-annual differences in the age-related prevalences of Babesia and Trypanosoma parasites of European badgers (Meles meles)
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b074 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document The first human case of Trichinella spiralis infection in Korea
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b125 Back to top
Image: Paw print Partial characterization of a novel gammaherpesvirus isolated from a European badger (Meles meles)
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b485 Back to top
Image: Paw print Absence of antibodies against canine distemper virus in free-ranging populations of the Eurasian badger in Great Britain
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b242 Back to top
Image: Paw print Distemper virus as a cause of central nervous disease and death in badgers (Meles meles) in Denmark
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b371 Back to top
Image: Paw printPDF document Detection of Mustelid Herpesvirus-1 Infected European Badgers ( Meles meles) in the British Isles
Paper   Language: English   Ref: b486 Back to top
American badger, Taxidea taxus
Image: Paw print Subepidermal vesiculobullous filarial dermatitis in free-ranging American badgers (Taxidea taxus)
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b423 Back to top
Honey badger, Mellivora capensis
Image: Paw print Ancylostoma genettae, A. protelesis, A. somaliense: three new species from wild Carnivora in the Somali Republic
Abstract   Language: English   Ref: b482 Back to top
More links . . .
Image: Eurasian badger. Copyright Steve Jackson.Go toEurasian badger
Image: American badger. Public domain image, US Fish & Wildlife Service / Gary Stolz.Go toAmerican badger
Image: Hog badger. Copyright Smith Sutibut / Bangkok Post.Go toHog badger
Image: Ferret badger. Copyright Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department, Hong Kong.Go toFerret badgers
Image: Stink badger. Copyright Peter Widmann.Go toStink badgers
Image: Honey badger. Copyright wildwatch.comGo toHoney badger


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