Anyone can get old—all you have to do is live long enough: understanding mortality and life expectancy in european hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus)

<p>The European hedgehog is in decline, triggering a need to monitor population dynamics to optimise conservation initiatives directed at this species. By counting periosteal growth lines, we determined the age of 388 dead European hedgehogs collected through citizen science in Denmark. The ov...

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Main Authors: Rasmussen, SL, Berg, TB, Martens, HJ, Jones, OR
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2023