Ontario Badgers > Links & Resources

Here is a list of additional resources and links to various subjects, as well as a literature list of references that contributed to the information of badgers presented here.

Badger Ecology

Badger Tracks

Ontario Badgers outreach material

gov't reports and legal documents, and incentive programs

Conservation / Tallgrass information and restoration services

contributing organizations

References and sources

(this website consists of information from our own personal observations and research, as well as data from these journal sources and personal communications)

  • Apps, C.D., N.J. Newhouse, and T.A. Kinley.  2002.  Habitat associations of American badgers in Southeastern British Columbia.  Canadian Journal of Zoology,  80:1228-1239.
  • COSEWIC. 2000. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the American badger in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • Davis, H., and C. Hoodicoff. 2003. Conservation Strategies for North American badgers in the Thompson & Okanagan Regions. Final Report for the Thompson-Okanagan Badger Project, Artemis Wildlife Consultants.
  • Eldridge, D.J. 2004. Mounds of the American Badger (Taxidea taxus): significant features of North American Shrub-steppe ecosystems. Journal of Mammalogy, 85(6): 1060-1067.
  • Goodrich, J.M. and S. Buskirk. 1998. Spacing and ecology of North American badgers (Taxidea taxus) in a prairie-dog (Cynomys leucurus) complex. Journal of Mammalogy, 79 (1): 171-179.
  • Hoodicoff, C.S. 2003. Ecology of badgers (Taxidea taxus jeffersonii) in the Thompson Region of British Columbia: Implication for conservation. M.Sc. Thesis
  • Jager, H.I., E.A. Carr, and R.A. Efroymson. 2006. Simulated effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on a solitary mustelid predator. Ecological Modelling, 191: 416-430.
  • Kyle, C.J., R. Weir, N. Newhouse, H. Davis, and C. Strobeck. 2004. Genetic structure of sensitive and endangered Northwestern badger populations (Taxidea taxus taxus and T.T. Jeffersonii). Journal of Mammalogy, 84 (4): 633-639.
  • Long, C.A. 1973.  Taxidea taxis. The American Society of Mammalogist, 26: 1-4.
  • Newhouse, N.J. 1998. East Kootenay Badger Project: 1997/98 Year-End Summary Report. Sylvan Consulting Ltd.
  • Newhouse, N. and T. Kinley.  1999.  Update COSEWIC Status Report on American Badger (Taxidea taxus).  COSEWIC. 24pp.
  • Newhouse, N.J., C. Hoodicoff, and H. Page. 2007. Protocol for monitoring the effectiveness of badger wildlife habitat areas. Badger WHA Effectiveness Monitoring Version 1.4, Sylvan Consulting Ltd.
  • Ramey, C.A., and J.B. Bourassa. 2005. Badger movement ecology in Colorado agriculture areas after a fire.  Proceedings of the 11th Wildlife Damage Management Conference. D.L. Nolte, K.A. Fagerstone, Eds: 337-348.
  • Rahme, A.H., A.S. Harstad, and F.L. Bunnell. 1995. Status of Badgers in British Columbia. Wildlife Working Report No. WR-72
  • Scobie, D. 2002. Status of the American Badger (Taxidea taxus) in Alberta. Alberta Wildlife Status Report No.43.
  • Richard Klafki - B.C. Badger Researcher
  • Mary Gartshore - Norfolk Field Naturalists / Ontario Badger Recovery Team
  • Jared Duquette - Ohio Badger Researcher
  • Barb Versteed - Illinois Badger Researcher
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