Recent study by @beckythomas.bsky.social, @sarahpapworth.bsky.social and Mark Fellowes showed that walking dogs off the lead greatly increases habitat disturbance in UK lowland heathlands
#OA paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-024-01568-4
https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/dogs-walked-off-lead-cause-20-more-disturbance-to-protected-lowland-heaths/
#OA paper: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11252-024-01568-4
https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/dogs-walked-off-lead-cause-20-more-disturbance-to-protected-lowland-heaths/
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