TY - JOUR
T1 - The Avian Hybrids Project: gathering the scientific literature on avian hybridization
AU - Ottenburghs, J.
AU - Ydenberg, R.C.
AU - van Hooft, W.F.
AU - van Wieren, S.E.
AU - Prins, H.H.T.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Hybridization, the interbreeding of different species, plays an important role in several evolutionary processes, such as adaptive trait transfer (Arnold 2006, Arnold et al. 2008, Hedrick 2013), adaptive radiations (Seehausen 2004), and the origin of new species (Mavarez & Linares 2008, Abbott et al. 2013, Schumer et al. 2014). However, hybridization can have detrimental effects for the species involved: one of the species can be driven to extinction (Rhymer & Simberloff 1996) or two species can merge into one leading to a loss in biodiversity (Seehausen 2006, Seehausen et al. 2008), so hybridization has also become a relevant topic in conservation (Allendorf et al. 2001, Brumfield 2010).
AB - Hybridization, the interbreeding of different species, plays an important role in several evolutionary processes, such as adaptive trait transfer (Arnold 2006, Arnold et al. 2008, Hedrick 2013), adaptive radiations (Seehausen 2004), and the origin of new species (Mavarez & Linares 2008, Abbott et al. 2013, Schumer et al. 2014). However, hybridization can have detrimental effects for the species involved: one of the species can be driven to extinction (Rhymer & Simberloff 1996) or two species can merge into one leading to a loss in biodiversity (Seehausen 2006, Seehausen et al. 2008), so hybridization has also become a relevant topic in conservation (Allendorf et al. 2001, Brumfield 2010).
U2 - 10.1111/ibi.12285
DO - 10.1111/ibi.12285
M3 - Article
SN - 0019-1019
VL - 157
SP - 892
EP - 894
JO - Ibis
JF - Ibis
IS - 4
ER -