Hybridization may drive rare taxa to extinction through genetic swam**, where the rare
form is replaced by hybrids, or by demographic swam**, where population growth rates …

Limiting similarity theory predicts that competing species must segregate along one or more
dimensions of their ecological niche in order to coexist. In predator communities …

Preserving natural genetic diversity and ecological function of wild species is a central goal
in conservation biology. As such, anthropogenic hybridization is considered a threat to wild …

The widespread occurrence of free‐ranging domestic or feral carnivores (dogs, cats) or
ungulates (pigs, goats), and massive releases of captive‐reproduced game stocks …

Many carnivores have been seriously impacted by the expansion of transportation systems
and networks; however we know little about carnivore response to the extent and magnitude …

The European wildcat population in Scotland is considered critically endangered as a result
of hybridization with introduced domestic cats, 1, 2 though the time frame over which this …

The study of genetic exchange resulting from natural hybridization, horizontal gene transfer,
and viral recombination has long been marked by controversy between researchers holding …

Powerful and accurate detection of first-generation (F1) hybrids and backcrosses in nature is
needed to achieve a better understanding of the function and dynamics of introgression. To …

Cat domestication likely initiated as a symbiotic relationship between wildcats (Felis
silvestris subspecies) and the peoples of develo** agrarian societies in the Fertile …

Despite some populations of European wildcat Felis silvestris in central Europe are stable or
increasing, the Iberian subpopulation is in decline and is listed as 'vulnerable'. In Portugal …