Field test for environmental correlates of dispersal in hedgehogs Erinaceus europaeus

1. We report a field experiment designed to explore the responses by hedgehogs to novel and unfavourable terrain, which they encounter when dispersing between fragmented local populations in farmland. We identified four replicate sites as unused by hedgehogs, but lying between existing populations a...

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Main Authors: Doncaster, C. Patrick (Author), Rondinini, Carlo (Author), Johnson, Paul C.D (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2001-01.
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