How reliable are morphological and anatomical characters to distinguish European wildcats, domestic cats and their hybrids in France?

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 154-162

  Devillard, Sébastien ^a,b,c   Jombart, Thibaut ^d   Léger, François ^e   Pontier, Dominique ^a,b,c   Say, Ludovic ^a,b,c   Ruette, Sandrine ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b Université de Lyon i   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉTRIE ET BIOLOGIE EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Felis silvestris silvestris; Hybridization; Morphometry; Multivariate analysis; Wildcat

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA SET; DOMESTIC SPECIES; FELID; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION;

FRANCE;

FELIS CATUS; FELIS SILVESTRIS;

EID: 84898059279     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12049     Document Type: Article

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