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Phenotypic correlates of hybridisation between red and sika deer (genus Cervus).
The Journal of animal ecology - 1 Mar 2010
Senn Helen V, Swanson Graeme M, Goodman Simon J, Barton Nicholas H, Pemberton Josephine M
Abstract excerpt
1. Hybridisation with an invasive species has the potential to alter the phenotype and hence the ecology of a native counterpart. 2. Here data from populations of native red deer Cervus elaphus and invasive sika deer Cervus nippon in Scotland is used to assess the extent to which hybridisation be...
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