Sexual maturity and breeding season of the badger, Meles meles in Sweden
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- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 190 (1) , 77-95
Abstract
The paper describes the seasonal sexual activity of badgers collected in central Sweden. Ovulation‐ and pregnancy rates were determined for females in different age classes and males were examined for testis weight and occurrence of spermatozoa.Keywords
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