A common statement on anthropogenic hybridization of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris)

Preserving natural genetic diversity and ecological function of wild species is a central goal in conservation biology. As such, anthropogenic hybridization is considered a threat to wild populations, as it can lead to changes in the genetic makeup of wild species and even to the extinction of wild...

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Main Authors: Beatrice Nussberger, Soraia Barbosa, Mark Beaumont, Mathias Currat, Sébastien Devillard, Marco Heurich, Jo Howard-McCombe, Federica Mattucci, Carsten Nowak, Claudio Sebastián Quilodrán, Helen Senn, Paulo Célio Alves, EUROWILDCAT Consortium, Malte Götz, Pablo Ferreras, Dominik Fischer, Luisa Fischer, Lorenzo Frangini, René Janssen, Saskia Jerosch, Andrew Kitchener, Miha Krofel, Jarmila Krojerová-Prokešová, Johannes Lang, József Lanszki, Jenny MacPherson, Dime Melovski, Johan Michaux, Despina Migli, Marc Moes, Pedro Monterroso, Carolina Nogueira, Henryk Okarma, Dominique Pontier, Joe Premier, Héctor Ruiz-Villar, Ferran Sayol, Vinciane Schockert, Lara Semple, Andrea Sforzi, Olaf Simon, Magda Sindičić, Anil Soyumert, Arianna Spada, Sabrina Streif, Manfred Trinzen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2023.1156387/full