Lake H. Barrett, Christian A. Nunes, Richard M. Lehtinen
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Increase in the frequency of melanism in Abert’s Squirrel in Boulder, Colorado
In the northern portions of its range, Abert’s Squirrel (Sciurus aberti) has two color morphs: a wild-type gray morph and a melanistic morph. Using camera traps, citizen science data and in-person observations in and near Boulder, Colorado (USA), we compared current color morph frequencies to those reported in a 1969–1971 study. At all study sites, we observed a large and statistically significant increase in the frequency of the melanistic morph compared to historic data. We hypothesize that this increase may be due to selection favoring the melanistic morph in a changing forest environment.
期刊介绍:
Mammalia is an international, multidisciplinary, bimonthly journal devoted to the inventory, analysis and interpretation of mammalian diversity. It publishes original results on all aspects of the systematics and biology of mammals with a strong focus on ecology, including biodiversity analyses, distribution habitats, diet, predator-prey relationships, competition, community analyses and conservation of mammals. The journal also accepts submissions on sub-fossil or recently extinct mammals.