Dispersal patterns in a medium‐density Irish badger population: Implications for understanding the dynamics of tuberculosis transmission
Abstract European badgers (Meles meles) are group‐living mustelids implicated in the spread of bovine tuberculosis (TB) to cattle and act as a wildlife reservoir for the disease. In badgers, only a minority of individuals disperse from their natal social group. However, dispersal may be extremely im...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Ecology and Evolution |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5753 |