Local Extinction and Unintentional Rewilding of Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis) on a Desert Island

Bighorn sheep (Ovis canadensis) were not known to live on Tiburón Island, the largest island in the Gulf of California and Mexico, prior to the surprisingly successful introduction of 20 individuals as a conservation measure in 1975. Today, a stable island population of ∼500 sheep supports limited b...

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Autores principales: Wilder, Benjamin T., Betancourt, Julio L., Epps, Clinton W., Crowhurst, Rachel S., Mead, Jim I., Ezcurra, Exequiel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3960132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24646515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091358

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3960132/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24646515
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091358

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