Rape and the prevalence of hybrids in broadly sympatric species: a case study using albatrosses

Conspecific rape often increases male reproductive success. However, the haste and aggression of forced copulations suggests that males may sometimes rape heterospecific females, thus making rape a likely, but undocumented, source of hybrids between broadly sympatric species. We present evidence tha...

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Published in:	PeerJ
Main Authors:	Sievert Rohwer, Rebecca B. Harris, Hollie E. Walsh
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	PeerJ Inc. 2014-06-01
Subjects:	Heterospecific rape Isolation with migration Forced copulation Gene flow Hybridization Phoebastria
Online Access:	https://peerj.com/articles/409.pdf