Porcupine disturbances and vegetation pa
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Moshe Shachak; Sol Brand; Yitzchak Gutterman
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Article
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1991
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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In the Negev Desert, Israel, the Indian crested porcupine, Hystrix indica, digs similar sized, discrete, elongated pits (257Β±21.3 cm; n=144) while foraging for below-ground plant storage organs. In these digs, soil moisture content is higher than in the surrounding soil matrix. The digs disturb popu