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Can’t get enough? Hedgehogs in the UK have been studied by many well-known researchers. Scientific papers are not always an easy read, but are the best place to find peer reviewed, scientifically studied, published data which can be read freely online. Here are some papers you may find interesting:
Hogs on Film: What have we recorded so far? 2023-2024 Report.
Yalden, D.W. (1976). The food of the hedgehog in England. Acta Theriologica, 21, pp.401-424. doi: https://doi.org/10.4098/at.arch.76-39.
Morris, P.A. (1988). A study of home range and movements in the hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus). Journal of Zoology, 214(3), pp.433-449. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1988.tb03751.x.
Baker, P.J. and Harris, S. (2007). Urban mammals: what does the future hold? An analysis of the factors affecting patterns of use of residential gardens in Great Britain. Mammal Review, 0(0), p.070611094052001. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2907.2007.00102.x.
Pettett, C.E., Moorhouse, T.P., Johnson, P.J. and Macdonald, D.W. (2017). Factors affecting hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) attraction to rural villages in arable landscapes. European Journal of Wildlife Research, [online] 63(3). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-017-1113-6.
Gazzard, A., Yarnell, R.W. and Baker, P.J. (2022). Fine-scale habitat selection of a small mammalian urban adapter: the West European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus). Mammalian Biology. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42991-022-00251-5.
Millicent Scott, D., Fowler, R., Sanglas, A., Tolhurst, B, A. (2023). Garden Scraps: Agonistic Interactions between Hedgehogs and Sympatric Mammals in Urban Gardens. Animals. 13, 590. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13040590.