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Chilean rodent population collapse reveals how extreme drought can overwhelm wildlife's resilience

Research published in the journal Ecology analyzed 12 years of records from a population of degus in central Chile, revealing that these endemic rodents managed to withstand nearly a decade of megadrought but disappeared locally following the extreme drought of 2019.

Chilean rodent population collapse reveals how extreme drought can overwhelm wildlife's resilience

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