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Editorial
. 2024 Mar 21;14(6):976.
doi: 10.3390/ani14060976.

Applied Hedgehog Conservation Research

Nigel Reeve  1 , Anne Berger  2 , Sophie Lund Rasmussen  3   4   5
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Applied Hedgehog Conservation Research

Nigel Reeve et al. Animals (Basel). .

Abstract

Hedgehogs (Order Eulipotyphla, Family Erinaceidae, Subfamily Erinaceinae) are familiar and popular spiny mammals, but they face many challenges in modern human-dominated environments [...].

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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