Clake, Danielle J.
Demiralp, Victorine
Albert, Cécile H.
Coulon, Aurélie
Funding for this research was provided by:
European Research Council
Article History
Received: 28 February 2025
Accepted: 6 January 2026
First Online: 14 January 2026
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: As the red squirrel is a protected species in France, samples were collected with avis du conseil national de la protection de la nature n°2021-00172-051-001 and arrêté préfectoraux portant dérogation à la réglementation relative aux espèces protégées from the relevant administrative departments (Aude, Aveyron, Drôme, Gard, Hérault, Tarn). To meet the Nagoya protocol on access and benefit-sharing on biodiversity resources, this project is registered by the French ministry of ecological transition TREL2022990S/355 issued 2020/10/13. An internationally recognized certificate of compliance has been published to the Access and Benefit-Sharing Clearing-House (ABSCH): ABSCH-IRCC-FR-252635-1.