Article
Genetic consequences of intensive management in game birds
2010-05-01
Abstract excerpt
Introduction of wildlife for game restocking is one major pathway of genetic homogenization. The red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa, Phasianidae), a small game bird native to south-western Europe, is in high demand by hunters and natural populations are constantly supplemented by commercial stocks of captive-bred individuals. Also, in recent years human-mediated hybridization with congeneric chukar partridges (A...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 8dd1156d-6d45-5896-a581-843997c68a88
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.02.035
