Sentences with phrase «endemic island foxes»

Capture and translocation of golden eagles from the California Channel Islands to mitigate depredation of endemic island foxes.

The island also hosts over 100 bird and three land mammal species, including the endemic island fox.

Island Fox, Santa Cruz Island: Thousands of years of isolation in a unique island environment has resulted in the development of the endemic island fox, a dwarf form of the mainland gray fox.

The endemic island fox is California's smallest natural canine and has rebounded from its near extinction in the late 1990s.

In the late 1990s, endemic island fox populations on San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz and Santa Catalina islands — four of the six Channel Islands they inhabit — plummeted by over 90 percent to catastrophic levels.

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On March 5, 2004, four of the six subspecies of island fox endemic to the California Channel Islands were listed as endangered following catastrophic population declines of over 90 percent, due primarily to predation by golden eagles on the northern Channel Islands and a canine distemper outbreak on Santa Catalina Iisland fox endemic to the California Channel Islands were listed as endangered following catastrophic population declines of over 90 percent, due primarily to predation by golden eagles on the northern Channel Islands and a canine distemper outbreak on Santa Catalina IslandIsland.

Three mammals are endemic to the archipelago: the Channel Islands fox, the deer mouse and the Channel Islands spotted skunk.

Like the island fox, the island scrub - jay has evolved into a unique (endemic) island species.

This 7.5» x 4» drawing depicts over 60 species found on Santa Cruz Island, and explores themes including the relationship between invasive and endemic island species, terrestrial and marine resource use by native peoples, and the near - extinction of the Santa Cruz IslanIsland, and explores themes including the relationship between invasive and endemic island species, terrestrial and marine resource use by native peoples, and the near - extinction of the Santa Cruz Islanisland species, terrestrial and marine resource use by native peoples, and the near - extinction of the Santa Cruz IslandIsland Fox.

This study highlights the intertwined evolutionary history of island foxes and humans, and illustrates a new approach for investigating the evolutionary histories of other island endemics.

The island fox is the largest endemic post-Pleistocene land mammal and a top predator on the Channel Islands.

The island fox (Urocyon littoralis) is a species endemic to the Channel Islands, and it occurs on the 6 largest islands, with each island supporting a distinct subspecies (Collins 1993; Gilbert et al. 1990; Goldstein et al. 1999; Wayne et al.Islands, and it occurs on the 6 largest islands, with each island supporting a distinct subspecies (Collins 1993; Gilbert et al. 1990; Goldstein et al. 1999; Wayne et al.islands, with each island supporting a distinct subspecies (Collins 1993; Gilbert et al. 1990; Goldstein et al. 1999; Wayne et al. 1991).

To examine mechanisms for the origins of island endemism, we present a phylogeographic analysis of whole mitochondrial genomes from the endangered island fox (Urocyon littoralis), endemic to California's Channel Islands, and mainland gray foxes (U. cinereoargenteus).

To investigate the mechanisms that generate island endemism, we studied the origins and evolution of the island fox (Urocyon littoralis; 1 — 3 kg), a diminutive canid endemic to six of California's Channel Islands, and a congener of the gray fox (U. cinereoargenteus; 3 — 7 kg) found throughout mainland North America.

Home to more than 60 endemic plant, animal, and insect species found nowhere else on earth, Catalina's so - called «Interior» is home to rare species, including the Santa Catalina Island fox.