Article
Current genetic admixture between relictual populations might enhance the recovery of an elusive carnivore
2019-10-01
Abstract excerpt
The present study investigated the natural recovery of the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) in France. The otter was widely distributed in France at the dawn of the 20th century, but then its range considerably shrank and became highly fragmented until the early 1970s, just before it was legally protected. However, for more than 25 years, the otter has been reconquering several parts of its original range and is now c...
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- Literature Corpus work
- fa3205c7-616d-519c-b46b-799c75bc80e3
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10592-019-01199-9
