Acknowledgements
We wish to thank our field crew; D. Masters, K. Apple, J. DePompolo, B.
Wilkins, M. Johnson, and M. Malone, for their hard work. We also thank
E. Harmston of Wildlife Genetics International, Inc. for analysis of
hair and fecal samples. Thank you to M.C.T. Carlson for map development.
We appreciate assistance from the staff at Virgin Islands National Park.
Thank you to J. Law for her efforts. Thank you also to Dr. Laura
Palminteri and staff at Canines, Cats, and Critters on St. John. This
project was funded by Friends of the Virgin Islands National Park, and
the Integrative Physiology (IPHY) department at the University of
Colorado at Boulder to S. Nelson. The findings and conclusions in this
article are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the
views of the US Fish and Wildlife Service.
This manuscript contains genetic information. Therefore, the
microsatellite genotype data will be submitted to Dryad upon acceptance
of the manuscript.