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[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

This is very true. Artificial refugia can act as animal traps by encouraging predators to exploit them, or by promoting desired animal use, but exposing them to thermal extremes.

https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/csp2.204