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Experiencing the wild: Red fox encounters are related to stronger nature connectedness, not anxiety, in people

2025-03-26

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Global declines in biodiversity and human health are linked to declining human-nature connectedness, i.e., people’s subjective sense of their relationship with nature. Frequent, positive wildlife experiences can strengthen nature connectedness, improving public health and pro-environmental behaviours to protect biodiversity. Red foxes are the most widespread terrestrial carnivore on the planet. Urbanisation is ass...

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Literature Corpus work: a885db65-bce0-5d16-a2f8-1649d8e53d2d
DOI: 10.1101/2025.03.25.645298

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