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ArticleBMC evolutionary biology2016

Voyage of discovery? A comment on Koch et al. "A voyage to Terra Australis: human-mediated dispersal of cats".

Rose L Andrew, Deane Smith, Jamieson C Gorrell, Jasmine K Janes

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Article in BMC evolutionary biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Rose L AndrewSchool of Environmental and Rural Science, The University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia. rose.andrew@une.edu.au.
Deane SmithSchool of Environmental and Rural Science, The University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia.
Jamieson C GorrellSchool of Environmental and Rural Science, The University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia.
Jasmine K JanesSchool of Environmental and Rural Science, The University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351, Australia.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The origins of feral cats in Australia may be understood with the help of molecular studies, but it is important that hypotheses be tested with appropriate sampling and methodology. We point out several shortcomings in the analysis by Koch et al. (BMC Evol Biol 15:262, 2015; A voyage to Terra Australis: human-mediated dispersal of cats. Dryad Digital Repository, 2015), present a reanalysis of part of the study and discuss the challenges of elucidating the early history of feral cats.

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PMID27927179
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