Postdoctoral researcher Chris Hansen installs a trail camera in the high country above Missoula to study the effects of urbanization on mammal diversity. (UM News Service photo)
December 27, 2023
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Study reveals decline in mammal diversity with urbanization
An elk pauses to gaze into the valley; a red fox playfully pounces into the snow; a mountain lion carries a white-tailed deer in its clamped jaws.