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Role of microhabitat and temporal activity in facilitating coexistence of endemic carnivores on the California Channel Islands

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Bolas, Ellen C, Sollmann, Rahel, Crooks, Kevin R, Boydston, Erin E, Shaskey, Laura, Boser, Christina L, Dillon, Adam, Van Vuren, Dirk H (2022): Role of microhabitat and temporal activity in facilitating coexistence of endemic carnivores on the California Channel Islands. Journal of Mammalogy 103 (1): 18-28, DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab125, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyab125

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