Burrow webs: Clawing the surface of interactions with burrows excavated by American badgers
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.7962
Abstract: Abstract Ecosystem engineers are organisms that influence their environment, which includes alterations leading to habitat provisioning for other species. Perhaps the most well‐examined guild of species provisioning habitat for other species is tree cavity excavators… read more here.
Keywords: american badgers; badger burrows; clawing surface; webs clawing ... See more keywords
When generalists behave as specialists: local specialization by American badgers (Taxidea taxus)
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DOI: 10.1139/cjz-2017-0125
Abstract: Differentiating species according to their relative niche breadth is a common approach in community ecology that can enhance understanding about how species relate to the environment. Although a species might exhibit a generalized ecology across… read more here.
Keywords: american badgers; badgers taxidea; behave specialists; generalists behave ... See more keywords
Subterranean Caching of Domestic Cow (Bos taurus) Carcasses by American Badgers (Taxidea taxus) in the Great Basin Desert, Utah
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DOI: 10.3398/064.077.0114
Abstract: Abstract. Camera traps documented 2 solitary American badgers (Taxidea taxus) independently caching juvenile domestic cow (Bos taurus) carcasses during late winter 2016 in the Great Basin Desert of Utah. One carcass was partially buried and… read more here.
Keywords: american badgers; badgers taxidea; cow bos; taxidea taxus ... See more keywords