List of Christina's Scientific Publications:

Hafen, T., Buesching, C.D. & Zimmermann, E. (1996). Sex-specific differences in the advertisement call of mouse lemurs (Microcebus murinus ). Primate Report .

Buesching, C.D , Heistermann, M., Hodges, J.K. & Zimmermann, E. (1998). Multimodal oestrus advertisement in a small nocturnal prosimian, Microcebus murinus . Folia primatologica . 69 (1): 295-308.

Buesching, C.D. & Macdonald, D.W. (2001). Scent-marking behaviour of the European badger ( Meles meles ): resource defence or individual advertisement. In: Chemical signals in vertebrates 9 (Ed. by Anna Marchlewska-Koj, John L. Lepri & Dietland Müller-Schwarze) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press, New York, pp 321-327.

Buesching, C.D. , Newman, C. & Macdonald, D.W. (2002). Variations in colour and volume of the subcaudal gland secretion of badgers ( Meles meles ) in relation to sex, season and individual-specific parameters. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde. 67 : 1-10.

Buesching, C.D. , Waterhouse, J.P & Macdonald, D.W. (2002). Gas chromatographic analysis of the subcaudal gland secretion of the European badger ( Meles meles ) Part I: Chemical differences related to individual-specific parameters. Journal of Chemical Ecology. 28 :41-56.

Buesching, C.D. , Waterhouse, J.P & Macdonald, D.W. (2002). Gas chromatographic analysis of the subcaudal gland secretion of the European badger ( Meles meles ) Part II: Time-related variation in the individual-specific composition. Journal of Chemical Ecol ogy. 28 : 57-69.

Macdonald, D.W., Newman, C., Buesching, C.D. & Tattersall, F.T. (2002). Volunteer mammal monitors: measuring the professionalism of amateurs. In: ENSUS 2002: Marine science and technology for environmental sustainability. University of Newcastle Publishing. (ISBN 0 7017 0148 X).

Macdonald, D.W., Stewart, P.D., Johnson, P.J., Porkett, J. & Buesching, C.D. (2002). No evidence of social hierarchy amongst feeding badgers Meles meles . Ethology. 108 , 613-628 .

Buesching, C.D. , Stopka, P. & Macdonald, D.W. (2003). The Social Function of Allo-marking Behaviour in the European Badger ( Meles meles ). Behaviour. 140 : 965-980.

Newman, C., Buesching, C.D. & Macdonald, D.W. (2003) Validating mammal monitoring methods and assessing the performance of volunteers in wildlife conservation - "Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodies?". Biological Conservation. 113 (2) : 189-197.

Buesching, C.D. & Macdonald, D.W. (2004). Variations in Object-Marking Activity and Over-Marking Behaviour of European Badgers ( Meles meles ) in the Vicinity of their Setts. Acta Theriologica. 49 : 235-246.

Buesching, C.D. & Macdonald, D.W. (2004). Individual advertisement versus group-smell: the olfactory dilemma in the case of the European badger Meles meles . Advances in Ethology . 38 : 50.

Macdonald, D.W., Buesching, C.D. , Stopka, P., Henderson, J., ELLWOOD, S.A. & Baker, S.E. (2004). Encounters between two sympatric carnivores: Red foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) and European badgers ( Meles meles ). Journal of Zoology. 263 :385-392.

Macdonald, D.W., Newman, C., Dean, J., Buesching, C.D . & Johnson, P.J. (2004). The distribution of European badger Meles meles setts in a high density area: Field observations contradict the sett dispersion hypothesis. Oikos . 106 : 295-307.

McLaren, G.W., Thornton, P.D., Newman, C., Buesching, C.D. , Baker, S.E., Matthews, F. & Macdonald, D.W. (2004). High rectal temperature indicates an increased risk of sudden early recovery in anaestesised badgers. Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 37: 1-5.

Newman, C. & Buesching, C.D. (2004). Getting on the right track. Journal of the British Deer Society. 12: 20-24.

Newman, C. & Buesching, C.D. (2004). Name droppings. Journal of the British Deer Society. 13: 12-16.

Newman, C., Buesching, C.D. & Macdonald, D.W. (2004). First report of the occurrence of Cheyletiella parasitovorax ( Acarina, Cheyletellidae ) infestation in the Eurasian badger ( Meles mele s). Veterinary Record. 155: 180-181.

Newman, C., Buesching, C.D. & Wolff, J.O. (2004). The function of face masks in ‘midguild' carnivores. Oikos. 108: 623-633.

Buesching, C.D. & Newman, C. (2005). Volunteers in ecological research: Amateur ecological monitors: The benefits and challenges of using volunteers. Bulletin of the Ecological Society. 36(3): 20-22.

Thornton, P.D., Newman, C., Johnson, P.J., Buesching, C.D. , Baker, S.E., Slater, D., Johnson D.D.P. & Macdonald, D.W. (2005). Preliminary comparison of four anaesthetic regimes in badgers (Meles meles ). Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia. 32: 40-47.

McLaren, G.W., Thornton, P.D., Newman, C., Buesching, C.D ., Baker, S.E., Matthews, F. & Macdonald, D.W. (in press). The use and assessment of ketamine combination anaesthetics for wild European badgers (Meles meles). Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia .

Fell, R.J., Buesching, C.D. Macdonald, D.W. (2006). The social integration of European badger (Meles meles) cubs into their natal group. Behaviour. 143: 683-700.

Buesching, C.D., Newman, C., Twell, R. & Macdonald, D.W. (2008). Reasons for arboreality in woodmice Apodemus sylvaticus and bankvoles Myodes glareolus. Mamm. Biol. 73: 318-324.