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Fine-scale environmental control of hybridization in oaks.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2013
Lagache Lélia, Klein Etienne K, Guichoux Erwan, Petit Rémy J
Abstract excerpt
Natural hybridization is attracting much interest in modern speciation and conservation biology studies, but the underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. In particular, it is unclear why environmental changes often increase hybridization rates. To study this question, we surveyed mating events in a mixed oak stand and developed a spatially explicit individual-based hybridization model. This model, where...
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