Fitness of natural willow hybrids in a pioneer mosaic hybrid zone

Abstract Hybrid fitness is an important parameter to predict the evolutionary consequences of a hybridization event and to characterize hybrid zones. We studied fitness parameters of F1 and later‐generation hybrids between the lowland species Salix purpurea and the alpine S. helvetica that have rece...

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Main Authors: Susanne Gramlich, Elvira Hörandl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-11-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2470