Does the resource dispersion hypothesis explain group living?

DDP Johnson, R Kays, PG Blackwell… - Trends in ecology & …, 2002 - cell.com
The resource dispersion hypothesis (RDH) asserts that, if resources are heterogeneous in
space or time, group living might be less costly than was previously thought, regardless of …

Patchwork planet: the resource dispersion hypothesis, society, and the ecology of life

DW Macdonald, DDP Johnson - Journal of Zoology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Virtually nothing in nature is uniform. Observed at the right scale, most entities are clustered
rather than evenly distributed, spatially and temporally, and this applies across domains …

Diet composition of badgers (Meles meles) in a pristine forest and rural habitats of Poland compared to other European populations

J Goszczyński, B Jedrzejewska… - Journal of …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
Diets of the Eurasian badger Meles meles were studied by scat analysis in three localities of
eastern and central Poland, representing pristine forests and rural landscapes with little …

[图书][B] Carnivore ecology and conservation: a handbook of techniques

L Boitani, RA Powell - 2012 - books.google.com
Animals that must hunt and kill for at least part of their living are inherently interesting to
many people and the role that carnivores play in biological communities attract interest from …

Spatial organization, group living and ecological correlates in low‐density populations of Eurasian badgers, Meles meles

E Revilla, F Palomares - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Territoriality and group living are described in a low‐density population of
Eurasian badgers, Meles meles L., by studying the patterns of spatial grouping and territory …

Environmental correlates of badger social spacing across Europe

DDP Johnson, W Jetz… - Journal of Biogeography, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The European badger (Meles meles, innaeus 1758) has been a focus for numerous
studies of behaviour, physiology and ecology and, in particular, for testing theories …

[图书][B] The toll of the automobile: Wildlife and roads in Sweden

A Seiler - 2003 - pub.epsilon.slu.se
Animal-vehicle collisions are a common phenomenon worldwide, causing injury or death to
millions of animals and hundreds of human passengers each year. Collision numbers can …

Annual and circadian activity patterns of badgers (Meles meles) in Białowieża Primeval Forest (eastern Poland) compared with other Palaearctic populations

R Kowalczyk, B Jȩdrzejewska… - Journal of …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The annual and circadian rhythms and duration of activity of Eurasian badger Meles
meles (Linnaeus 1758) were studied in a low‐density population inhabiting the primeval …

Spatial organization and demography of badgers (Meles meles) in Bialowieza Primeval Forest, Poland, and the influence of earthworms on badger densities in …

R Kowalczyk, A Zalewski… - Canadian Journal of …, 2003 - cdnsciencepub.com
From 1996 to 2001 we studied the spatial organization and demography of Eurasian
badgers, Meles meles, in Białowieża Primeval Forest in eastern Poland, one of the best …

Sexual dimorphism of craniological characters in Eurasian badgers, Meles spp.(Carnivora, Mustelidae)

AV Abramov, AY Puzachenko - … Anzeiger-A Journal of Comparative Zoology, 2005 - Elsevier
An analysis of 30 craniological characters of Eurasian badgers (Meles spp.) revealed
different levels of sexual size dimorphism (SSD) and geographic variation in the three …