Phenotypic correlates of hybridisation between red and sika deer (genus Cervus)

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 414-425

  Senn, Helen V ^a,b   Swanson, Graeme M ^c   Goodman, Simon J ^d   Barton, Nicholas H ^a,e   Pemberton, Josephine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Christ's College   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carcass weight; Cervus elaphus; Cervus nippon; Fitness; Gene flow; Hybridization; Introgression; Invasive species; Kidney fat; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DEER; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GENE FLOW; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; JAW; KIDNEY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; DEER; FEMALE; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; JAW; KIDNEY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS NIPPON;

EID: 77954022730     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01633.x     Document Type: Article

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