ReviewEvolutionary applications2016
Hybridization and extinction.
Review in Evolutionary applications, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 279 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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- The impact of urbanisation on social behaviour: a comprehensive review.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Pooled it
- Hybridization in the Anthropocene - how pollution and climate change disrupt mate selection in freshwater fish.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2025Pooled it
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- Genetics and genomics of hybridization.Nature reviews. Genetics · 2026Review
- Resampling-based evaluation of a 79-SNP panel for hybrid classification across generations: a case study in European lobster (Homarus gammarus).G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Article
- Extreme Mobility Creates Contrasting Patterns of Panmixia, Isolation-by-Distance and Hybridization in Four Flying-Fox Species (Evolutionary applications · 2026Article
- The Signal of Admixture Can Decay Rapidly When Using Clustering-Based Methods.Molecular ecology resources · 2026Article
- Rapid genome-wide purging following tsunami-induced hybridization in a stickleback population.Nature ecology & evolution · 2026Article
- Genomic erosion in the assessment of species' extinction risk and recovery potential.The Journal of heredity · 2026Article
- The dynamics of introgression and parallel adaptation across North AmericanProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
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- Maintenance of phenotypic divergence in two sympatric monkeyflowers with weak reproductive isolation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- MixedUpParents: A New and Improved Method for Genetic Parentage Assignment in Admixed Populations.Molecular ecology resources · 2026Article
- Population Decline, Inbreeding and Hybridization Shape the Genetic Vulnerability of a Critically Endangered Seabird.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Divergent habitat selection across many loci maintains species boundaries during introgression.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Anthropogenic factors are correlated with wing color variation in Colias (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) butterflies across the Toronto urbanization gradient.Environmental entomology · 2026Article
- Population Collapse of the Spidery Wattle (Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Genome-Wide SNP Diversity in Natural and Cultivated Populations Informs Restoration Ecology With Three Calamagrostis Species From the Northwest Territories of Canada.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
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- Cessation of Gene Flow Associated With the Reduction of a Sexually Selected Phenotype in the Island Stag Beetle.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
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Abstract
Hybridization may drive rare taxa to extinction through genetic swamping, where the rare form is replaced by hybrids, or by demographic swamping, where population growth rates are reduced due to the wasteful production of maladaptive hybrids. Conversely, hybridization may rescue the viability of small, inbred populations. Understanding the factors that contribute to destructive versus constructive outcomes of hybridization is key to managing conservation concerns. Here, we survey the literature for studies of hybridization and extinction to identify the ecological, evolutionary, and genetic factors that critically affect extinction risk through hybridization. We find that while extinction risk is highly situation dependent, genetic swamping is much more frequent than demographic swamping. In addition, human involvement is associated with increased risk and high reproductive isolation with reduced risk. Although climate change is predicted to increase the risk of hybridization-induced extinction, we find little empirical support for this prediction. Similarly, theoretical and experimental studies imply that genetic rescue through hybridization may be equally or more probable than demographic swamping, but our literature survey failed to support this claim. We conclude that halting the introduction of hybridization-prone exotics and restoring mature and diverse habitats that are resistant to hybrid establishment should be management priorities.
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