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Matocha J, Schroth G, Hills T, Hole D (2012) Integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation through agroforestry and ecosystem conservation. In: Nair PKR, Garrity D (eds) Agroforestry—the future of global land use. Springer, Dordrecht, pp 105–126 Hedgehogs have been with us for millions of years, but they seem to be getting less abundant. How do we know, and why is it happening? These are important questions, easy to ask but very difficult to answer. That's partly because the issues are complex, research scanty and hedgehogs are surprisingly difficult to study properly. Tom has written a thorough, but very readable assessment of the challenges posed by the 20th century and what we can do to help the hapless 'Hedgie'."R Core Team (2020) R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria A wonderfully entertaining and intriguing book. The hedgehog has found its champion. Tristan Gooley, author of The Walker's Guide to Outdoor Clues and Signs and How to Read Water

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By turns hilarious and heart-breaking, Ghosts in the Hedgerow is a triumph of accessible science writing.'Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell By turns hilarious and heart-breaking, Ghosts in the Hedgerow is a triumph of accessible science writing. Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell The main thing I learned is...hedgehogs really like hedges! (Well, duh.) They provide shelter, warmth, and safe travelways. And for various reasons, we have removed massive swathes of hedgerows across the UK, leaving hedgehogs to try and survive in arid farmland, or else in urban areas, utilising gardens that are too often hard to get into, sometimes manicured to the point of uselessness, and also littered with potential hazards. IPCC (1996) Climate change 1995 The science of climate change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge A body lies motionless on the ground. Small, with a snouty head and covered with spines, it is unquestionably dead before its time. And all of those gathered around the corpse are suspect. So which one of them is responsible for this crime - and for the disappearance of many many thousands of hedgehogs in recent decades?