Badgers. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James Lowen.
• Authors: Lowen, James
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Meet the Badgers; A scientific family tree; The UK's mustelids; Becoming Badger; Badgers around the world; Badgers across Europe; Badgers in the British Isles; Why do Badger numbers vary from place to place?; Body Beautiful; Anatomic steroids; It all makes sense; Do the locomotion; An atypical mustelid; Breeding and Growth; Courtship; Delaying the moment of truth; Who's the daddy?; The pregnancy equation; Cubs' honour; Expanding horizons; Should I stay or should I go?; Social Life and Communication; A 'social carnivore'; We're gonna live together. Badgers as landownersThe link between libido and land; Underground society; Fight club; How Badgers communicate; Visual and vocal; Scented messages; Toilet humour; Food, Home and Habits; City slickers; Eat seasonal, eat local; So what don't Badgers eat?; Finding food; Feeling thirsty?; Game, sett and match; Going underground; Setts: why bother?; Holiday homes; Activity cycles; Threats and Conservation; Natural born killers; Diseases and parasites; Bovine tuberculosis kills Badgers too; On the road; Habitat change; Hunting; Relentless persecution; Stopping Badgers spreading disease. ConservationBrock and the beak; Badgers and People; Badgers in language and landscape; Using Badgers; Badgers as friends; Badgers as foes; Badgers as bait; Who are the baiters?; Badgering baiters; Badgers and bTB; Cattle in crisis; What have Badgers got to do with bTB?; Tackling bTB in Badgers; Vilify, vacillate or vaccinate?; The RSPB's view; Badger Fun; Tommy Brock, and more besides; Badgers in teaching children; Watching Badgers; Countryside clues; Badgerways; Poo!; The Badger business; Choosing how to watch Badgers; Seeing in the dark; Glossary; Acknowledgements. Further Reading and ResourcesImage Credits; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, color illustrations
• Subjects: 599.76/7; Wildlife: general interest; Badgers; NATURE / Animals / Mammals; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals; Badgers; Natural history; Nature -- Animals -- Mammals; Nature -- Animals -- General; Nature -- Animals -- Wildlife; Nature -- Reference; Wildlife: mammals; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781472927811; 1472927818; 9781472921826; 1472921828
• Related ISBNs: 9781472921819
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 20, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.