The gut microbiomes of Channel Island foxes and island spotted skunks exhibit fine‐scale differentiation across host species and island populations
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11017
Abstract: Abstract California's Channel Islands are home to two endemic mammalian carnivores: island foxes (Urocyon littoralis) and island spotted skunks (Spilogale gracilis amphiala). Although it is rare for two insular terrestrial carnivores to coexist, these known… read more here.
Keywords: island foxes; island spotted; foxes island; island ... See more keywords
Population Genetics of California Gray Foxes Clarify Origins of the Island Fox
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DOI: 10.3390/genes13101859
Abstract: We used mitochondrial sequences and nuclear microsatellites to investigate population structure of gray foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) and the evolutionary origins of the endemic island fox (Urocyon littoralis), which first appeared in the northern Channel Islands read more here.
Keywords: island foxes; gray foxes; island fox; population ... See more keywords