Sentences with phrase «bringing island fox»

These impressive birds of prey colonized the northern Channel Islands in 1994 and began to prey heavily on foxes, quickly bringing the island fox to the brink of extinction (10).

The scientists say that if this subspecies» genetic health is poor, it may be necessary to use «genetic rescue,» bringing island fox individuals from other islands to boost the San Nicolas gene pool.

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The Channel fox population on four islands — Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, San Miguel, and Santa Catalina — declined dramatically in the 1990s, about a century after settlers first brought pigs to the islands: a move that attracted golden eagles, who found the foxes tasty, as well.

Due to their insular existence, island foxes have no built up immunity to parasites and diseases brought in from the mainland and are especially vulnerable to those a domestic dog might be carrying.

[18] However, the pigs on Santa Cruz Island were killed by the Nature Conservancy under the idea that they brought the eagles to the foxes.

This raises the possibility that gray foxes were brought to the islands by humans, and rapidly evolved into a smaller, separate species after that.

Because the island fox is isolated, it has no immunity to parasites and diseases brought in from the mainland and are especially vulnerable to those the domestic dog may carry.

Island foxes brought to the southern Channel Islands of Santa Catalina, San Nicolas, and San Clemente by the Chumash native people who traded with the Gabrielino people of the southern iIslands of Santa Catalina, San Nicolas, and San Clemente by the Chumash native people who traded with the Gabrielino people of the southern islandsislands.

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