I know that Eastern Cottontails were introduced to New England/US in the early 1900s. Does anyone have insight into how/if Eastern Cottontails have impacted the population of New England Cottontails in the New England region? How could you go about researching this topic/comparing the two types on inaturalist? Thank you so much!
Maybe start here and then search the lit citing it. Litvaitis, Kovach, and others continue to work with this topic: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John-Litvaitis/publication/226739761_Testing_Multiple_Hypotheses_to_Identify_Causes_of_the_Decline_of_a_Lagomorph_Species_The_New_England_Cottontail_as_a_Case_Study/links/5657047408aeafc2aac0b24f/Testing-Multiple-Hypotheses-to-Identify-Causes-of-the-Decline-of-a-Lagomorph-Species-The-New-England-Cottontail-as-a-Case-Study.pdf
Here’s an interesting update re: the hybridization issue: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238038644_Variation_in_the_mitochondrial_DNA_of_the_Sylvilagus_complex_occupying_the_northeastern_United_States
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