A restricted hybrid zone between native and introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) populations suggests reproductive barriers and competitive exclusion

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 326-341

  Sacks, Benjamin N ^a,b   Moore, Marcelle ^b   Statham, Mark J ^a   Wittmer, Heiko U ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

hybridization; introgression; invasive species; Sacramento Valley red fox; Vulpes vulpes; Vulpes vulpes patwin

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; FOX; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NORTH AMERICA; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FOXES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKERS; HAPLOTYPES; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CANIDAE; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 78651282073     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04943.x     Document Type: Article

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