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Extreme Drought Drove a Chilean Rodent Population to Local Extinction
Key Takeaways
- Researchers analyzed 12 years of capture-mark-recapture records in central Chile.
- The degu population persisted through much of a prolonged megadrought.
- The 2019 extreme drought coincided with critically low vegetation production.
- No individuals were detected at the site in 2020 or follow-up surveys in 2021.
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