Projecting introgression from domestic cats into European wildcats in the Swiss Jura
Hybridisation between wild and domesticated organisms is a worldwide conservation issue. In the Jura Mountains, threatened European wildcats (Felis silvestris) have been demographically spreading for approximately the last 50 years, but this recovery is coupled with hybridisation with domestic cats...
Main Authors: | Quilodrán, CS, Nussberger, B, Macdonald, D, Montoya-Burgos, JI, Currat, M |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley Open Access
2020
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