A forest-specialist carnivore in the middle of the desert?Comments on Anabalon et al. 2019

Darío Moreira-Arce; Eduardo A. Silva-Rodríguez; Constanza Napolitano; Guillermo D’Elía; Javier Cabello; Javier Millán; Ezequiel Hidalgo-Hermoso; Ariel A. Farías

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A forest-specialist carnivore in the middle of the desert?Comments on Anabalon et al. 2019

Darío Moreira-Arce^*, Eduardo A. Silva-Rodríguez, Constanza Napolitano, Guillermo D’Elía, Javier Cabello, Javier Millán, Ezequiel Hidalgo-Hermoso, Ariel A. Farías

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We present comments on an article recently published in Ecology and Evolution (“High-resolution melting of the cytochrome B gene in fecal DNA: A powerful approach for fox species identification of the Lycalopex genus in Chile”) by Anabalon et al. that reported the presence of Darwin's fox (Lycalopex fulvipes), a temperate forest specialist, in the hyperarid Atacama Desert of northern Chile. We argue that this putative record lacks ecological support in light of ongoing research on this endangered species, and contains numerous methodological flaws and omissions related to the molecular identification of the species. Based on these issues, we suggest the scientific community and conservation decision-makers disregard the alleged presence of the Darwin's fox in the Atacama Desert.

Idioma original	Inglés
Páginas (desde-hasta)	3825-3830
Número de páginas	6
Publicación	Ecology and Evolution
Volumen	10
N.º	8
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6132
Estado	Publicada - 2020

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D. Moreira-Arce and E. Silva-Rodríguez thank the Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica (FONDECYT Iniciación Nº11181180 and Nº11171006, respectively). CONICYT PIA/BASAL FB0002 supported Ariel A. Farías. C. Napolitano thanks CONICYT PAI 77190064, National Geographic Society NGS-44974C-18 and Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund 182519754. We thank George Swan for English proof-reading and two anonymous reviewers that helped to improve this article.

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© 2020 The Authors. Ecology and Evolution published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Ecología, evolución, comportamiento y sistemática
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Conservación de la naturaleza y el paisaje

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