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A restricted hybrid zone between native and introduced red fox (Vulpes vulpes) populations suggests reproductive barriers and competitive exclusion.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2011
Sacks Benjamin N, Moore Marcelle, Statham Mark J, Wittmer Heiko U
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Introduced species can threaten native taxa in multiple ways, including competition and hybridization, which can reduce fitness, alter ecological niches or swamp native genomes. Encroachment and hybridization by introduced species also provide opportunities to study the dynamics of invasiveness a...
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