Hybridization rapidly reduces fitness of a native trout in the wild

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 328-331

  Muhlfeld, Clint C ^a,b   Kalinowski, Steven T ^b   McMahon, Thomas E ^b   Taper, Mark L ^b   Painter, Sally ^c   Leary, Robb F ^c   Allendorf, Fred W ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutthroat trout; Fitness; Hybridization; Introgression; Invasive species; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FITNESS; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PARENTAGE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SALMONID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FITNESS; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RAINBOW TROUT; WILD ANIMAL;

ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII; ONCORHYNCHUS CLARKII LEWISI; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 67649118289     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0033     Document Type: Article

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