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Spatial Ecology of Crested Porcupine in a Metropolitan Landscape

2021-11-08

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Human settlements, including cities, may provide wildlife with new ecological niches<bold>, </bold>in terms of habitat types and food availability, thus requiring plasticity for adaptation. The crested porcupine <italic>Hystrix cristata</italic> is a habitat-generalist, large-sized rodent, also recorded in some suburban areas, but no information is available on its habitat use in metrop...

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Literature Corpus work: 9235de04-850a-562c-9cc7-a1095735699d
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-261696/v1

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