Muskrats as a bellwether of a drying delta

• Published in: Communications biology Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 750
• Main Authors: Ward, Ellen M., Solari, Katherine A., Varudkar, Amruta, Gorelick, Steven M., Hadly, Elizabeth A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 24.06.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 45/22; 45/23; 45/77; 631/158/1144; 631/158/2449; 631/158/2461; 631/158/672; 631/208/457; Anthropogenic factors; Biology; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Dispersal; Drying; Gene mapping; Genetic analysis; Habitats; Home range; Indicator species; Life Sciences; Metapopulations; National parks; Ondatra zibethicus; Population decline; Population dynamics; Population genetics; Protected areas; Protected species; Wetlands; Canada

Wetlands worldwide are under threat from anthropogenic impacts. In large protected North American areas such as Yellowstone and Wood Buffalo National Parks, aquatic habitats are disappearing and wetland-dependent fauna are in decline 1 – 3 . Here we investigate population dynamics of an indicator sp...