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Unique Study of Isolated Bobcat Population Confirms Accuracy of Extinction Model


Unique Study of Isolated Bobcat Population Confirms Accuracy of Extinction Model
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The reintroduction of 32 bobcats to an island off the coast of Georgia more than three decades ago created an ideal experiment to examine the accuracy of a genetic-modeling technique that predicts extinction of isolated wildlife populations. That’s the conclusion of Penn State researchers who continue to monitor the bobcat population on Cumberland Island National Seashore, and who conducted a study comparing and contrasting the Cumberland Island bobcats to a population of bobcats on Kiawah Island off the coast of South Carolina.
 
Reprint from The Penn State News, story by Jeff Mulhollem, The Penn State News. ....

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