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Museomics and morphological analyses of historical and contemporary peninsular Italian wolf (Canis lupus italicus) samples.
Scientific reports - 4 Feb 2025
Fabbri Elena, Vecchiotti Antonia, Mattucci Federica, Velli Edoardo, Engdal Vilde Arntzen, Baccetti Nicola, De Faveri Adriano, Hulva Pavel, Bolfíková Barbora Černá, Saarma Urmas, Cilli Elisabetta, Caniglia Romolo
Abstract excerpt
After centuries of decline and protracted bottlenecks, the peninsular Italian wolf population has naturally recovered. However, an exhaustive comprehension of the effects of such a conservation success is still limited by the reduced availability of historical data. Therefore, in this study, we morphologically and genetically analyzed historical and contemporary wolf samples, also exploiting the optimization of...
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