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Anyone Can Get Old-All You Have to Do Is Live Long Enough: Understanding Mortality and Life Expectancy in European Hedgehogs (
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- A Review of the Sentinel Role ofVeterinary sciences · 2025Review
- Descriptive Histology and Anatomy of the Nasal Cavity and Its Associated Sensory Organs in the European Hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) Based on Four Standardised Transverse Sections.Anatomia, histologia, embryologia · 2025Article
- Causes of Admission, Mortality and Pathological Findings in European Hedgehogs: Reports from Two University Centers in Italy and Switzerland.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Applied Hedgehog Conservation Research.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- A Review on Blood Reference Values as a Valuable Marker of Wildlife Welfare inAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Verminous pneumonia in European hedgehogs (Veterinary pathology · 2024Article
- Morbidity and Prognostic Factors Associated with Wild Hedgehogs Admitted to a Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Catalonia (NE Spain) from 1995 to 2020.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- The first full study of heavy metal(loid)s in western-European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) from Portugal.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2024Article
- A Review of the Occurrence of Metals and Xenobiotics in European Hedgehogs (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Review
- Pesticides in the population of European hedgehogs (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Testing the Impact of Robotic Lawn Mowers on European Hedgehogs (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Occurrence and Characteristics of Cut Injuries in Hedgehogs in Germany: A Collection of Individual Cases.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Facing Danger: Exploring Personality and Reactions of European Hedgehogs (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Plastic Entanglement Poses a Potential Hazard to European HedgehogsAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Hematology, Biochemistry, and Protein Electrophoresis Reference Intervals of Western European Hedgehog (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
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Abstract
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 overall mean age was 1.8 years (1.6 years for females and 2.1 years for males), ranging between 0 and 16 years. We constructed life tables showing life expectancies at 2.1 years for females and 2.6 years for males. We discovered that male hedgehogs were more likely to have died in traffic than females, but traffic-related deaths peaked in July for both sexes. A sex difference was detected for non-traffic deaths, as most males died in July, and most females died in September. We created empirical survivorship curves and hazard curves showing that the risk of death for male hedgehogs remains approximately constant with age. In contrast, the risk of death for females increases with age. Most of the collected road-killed individuals died in rural habitats. The degree of inbreeding did not influence longevity. These new insights are important for preparing conservation strategies for the European hedgehog.
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