Urban oasis? Abundant dice snake (Natrix tessellata) populations along artificial lakeside habitats in urban landscapes
Boglárka Mészáros,
József Bürgés,
Mónika Tamás
et al.
Abstract:Context
Human-induced landscape modification, such as urbanization, creates new environments that can have adverse effects on flora and fauna, posing threats to biodiversity. Understanding how reptiles respond to urbanization is crucial, especially in light of their ongoing population declines.
Objectives
We examined the influence of landscape-scale and local-scale urbanization features on the abundance of an aquatic snake species. Our investigatio… Show more
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