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The bind of the burrow: space use is dominated by selection for burrow habitat over foraging habitat in an arid-adapted carnivore
Jack Benjamin Thorley, Chris Duncan, Annika Herdtle…·Tim Clutton-Brock
The study examines how burrow habitat preferences influence space use in Kalahari meerkats, finding that burrow location strongly anchors movement patterns despite suboptimal foraging conditions.
DOI 10.1101/2025.11.26.690549