Badger European

Buesching, C.D., Stopka, P. and Macdonald, D.W. (2003) The social function of aUo-marking in the European badger (Meles meles). Behaviour 140, 965-980. 

The latrine sites of European badgers, M. meles, also relate to food resources. In a 2-year study of a Mediterranean coastal population, the badgers produced more latrines in a year with few fruit because of a drought. This suggests increased defense of a scarce resource (Pigozzi, 1990). 

Buesching, C. D., Waterhouse, J. S., and MacDonald, D. W. (2002a). Gaschromatographic analyses of the subcaudal gland secretion of the European badger [Meks meles). Part I chemical differences related to individual parameters. Journal of Chemical Ecology 28, 41-56. 

Spatial organization and territorial behavior of the European badger MeZes meles. Journal of Zoology 184,1-19. 

Kruuk, H., Gorman, M., and Leitch, A. (1984). Scent-marking with the subcaudal gland by the European badger, Meles meles L. Animal Behaviour 32,899-907. 

Pigozzi, G. (1990). Latrine use and the function of territoriality in the European badger, Meles meles, in a Mediterranean coastal habitat. Animal Behaviour 39,1000-1002. 

Roper, T. J., Shepherdson, D. J., and Davies, D. M. (1986). Scent marking with faeces and anal secretion in the European badger Meks meles) seasonal and spatial characteristics oflatrine use in relation to territoriality. Behavior 97,94-117. 

Jannsson DS, Galgan B, Schubert B, Segerstad CH (2001) Theobromine intoxication in red fox and European badger in Sweden. J Wildlife Dis 37 362-365... 

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