Regionally high rates of hybridization and introgression in German wildcat populations (Felis silvestris, Carnivora, Felidae)

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-297

  Hertwig, S T ^a   Schweizer, M ^a   Stepanow, S ^b   Jungnickel, A ^b   Bohle U R ^c   Fischer, M S ^b  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Hybridization; Mammals; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FELID; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WILD POPULATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; SWITZERLAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

CARNIVORA; FELIDAE; FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67749089610     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2009.00536.x     Document Type: Article

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