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Article: It might seem nuts . . but maths can save red squirrels
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- Evening News - Scotland
- Article date:
- December 29, 2004
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THEY are one of Britain's most endearing indigenous species, and
also one of the most threatened.
The plight of the red squirrel, at the paws of the larger American
grey squirrel, might seem a million miles away from the cold,
calculating world of number crunching.
But now mathematicians at Heriot-Watt University may hold the key
to the species' survival.
And if successful their work could be used in conservation efforts
around the world.
The endangered red squirrel has seen its habitat steadily shrink
as the more aggressive grey, originally imported from America in the