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Decline and Recovery of the Island Fox - A Case Study for Population Recovery (Paperback)
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Decline and Recovery of the Island Fox - A Case Study for Population Recovery (Paperback)
Series: Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation
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Native only to the California Channel Islands, the island fox is
the smallest canid in North America. Populations on four of the
islands were threatened to extinction in the 1990s due to
human-mediated predation and disease. This is the first account of
the natural history and ecology of the island fox, illustrating
both the vulnerability of island ecosystems and the efficacy of
cooperative conservation measures. It explains in detail the
intense conservation actions required to recover fox populations,
such as captive breeding and reintroduction, and large-scale
ecosystem manipulation. These actions were successful due in large
part to extraordinary collaboration among the scientists, managers
and public advocates involved in the recovery effort. The book also
examines the role of some aspects of island fox biology,
characteristic of the 'island syndrome', in facilitating their
recovery, including high productivity and an apparent adaptation to
periodic genetic bottlenecks.
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