Diverse data sources and new statistical models offer prospects for improving the predictability of anthropogenic
S Eryn McFarlane1, Elizabeth G Mandeville2
1Department of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, USA.
Abstract:
Human disturbance can theoretically influence the rates of hybridization, but few studies have convincingly identified a causal link. Grabenstein et al. (2022) used a genomic and phenotypic study of chickadees to associate hybridization with human disturbance. Additionally, this is consistent with citizen science reports of chickadee hybrids across the range. We highlight the exciting aspects of this work and make suggestions about a role for broad geographic and genomic sampling, and new statistical methods to better connect hybridization outcomes to anthropogenic disturbance in diverse study systems.
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