Wolves in the borderland–changes in population and wolf diet in Romincka Forest along the Polish–Russian–Lithuanian state borders

S Nowak, M Szewczyk, KM Stępniak… - Wildlife …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We assessed changes in the population size, density, and diet composition of wolves
inhabiting the Romincka Forest (RF), an area of 480 km2 situated along the state border …

Identification of wolf-dog hybrids in Europe–An overview of genetic studies

A Dziech - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Significant development of genetic tools during the last decades provided opportunities for
more detailed analyses and deeper understanding of species hybridization. New genetic …

The population bottleneck of the Iberian wolf impacted genetic diversity but not admixture with domestic dogs: A temporal genomic approach

D Lobo, JV López‐Bao, R Godinho - Molecular Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
After decades of intense persecution, the Iberian wolf subspecies faced a severe bottleneck
in the 1970s that considerably reduced its range and population size, nearly leading to its …

Tus mejores amigos pueden ser tus peores enemigos: impacto de los gatos y perros domésticos en países megadiversos

M Orduña-Villaseñor, D Valenzuela-Galván… - Revista mexicana de …, 2023 - scielo.org.mx
Los gatos y perros domésticos son las mascotas preferidas del hombre, por lo que se han
convertido en especies invasoras y los carnívoros más abundantes del planeta. A pesar de …

[HTML][HTML] Wolf-dog admixture highlights the need for methodological standards and multidisciplinary cooperation for effective governance of wild x domestic hybrids

AV Stronen, J Aspi, R Caniglia, E Fabbri… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Hybridisation between wild and domestic taxa raises complex questions for conservation.
Genetic advances offer new methods for hybrid identification, yet social and cultural factors …

A reduced SNP panel to trace gene flow across southern European wolf populations and detect hybridization with other Canis taxa

AV Stronen, F Mattucci, E Fabbri, M Galaverni… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Intra-and inter-specific gene flow are natural evolutionary processes. However, human-
induced hybridization is a global conservation concern across taxa, and the development of …

Whole‐genome analyses provide no evidence for dog introgression in Fennoscandian wolf populations

L Smeds, J Aspi, J Berglund, I Kojola… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridization and admixture can threaten the genetic integrity of populations and be of
particular concern to endangered species. Hybridization between grey wolves and dogs has …

Human‐modified canids in human‐modified landscapes: The evolutionary consequences of hybridization for grey wolves and free‐ranging domestic dogs

M Pilot, AE Moura, IM Okhlopkov… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Introgressive hybridization between domestic animals and their wild relatives is an indirect
form of human‐induced evolution, altering gene pools and phenotypic traits of wild and …

The myth of wild dogs in Australia: are there any out there?

KM Cairns, MS Crowther, B Nesbitt… - Australian …, 2021 - CSIRO Publishing
Hybridisation between wild and domestic canids is a global conservation and management
issue. In Australia, dingoes are a distinct lineage of wild-living canid with a controversial …