Annemarie van der Marel, postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB), at the Fundo El Roble field study site in Chile. (IMAGE)

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Annemarie van der Marel, postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB), at the Fundo El Roble field study site in Chile.

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Annemarie van der Marel, postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity (IEB) in Chile, at the Fundo El Roble field study site. Van der Marel contributed to a long-term study examining the effects of prolonged drought and extreme climatic events on populations of the common degu (Octodon degus), a rodent endemic to Chile. The research highlights how extreme drought can threaten wildlife populations and lead to local extinctions.

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Annemarie van der Marel.

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