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Legacy introductions and climatic variation explain spatiotemporal patterns of invasive hybridization in a native trout

Overview of attention for article published in Global Change Biology, April 2017
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Title
Legacy introductions and climatic variation explain spatiotemporal patterns of invasive hybridization in a native trout
Published in
Global Change Biology, April 2017
DOI 10.1111/gcb.13681
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Authors

Clint C. Muhlfeld, Ryan P. Kovach, Robert Al‐Chokhachy, Stephen J. Amish, Jeffrey L. Kershner, Robb F. Leary, Winsor H. Lowe, Gordon Luikart, Phil Matson, David A. Schmetterling, Bradley B. Shepard, Peter A. H. Westley, Diane Whited, Andrew Whiteley, Fred W. Allendorf

Abstract

Hybridization between invasive and native species, a significant threat to worldwide biodiversity, is predicted to increase due to climate-induced expansions of invasive species. Long-term research and monitoring are crucial for understanding the ecological and evolutionary processes that modulate the effects of invasive species. Using a large, multidecade genetics dataset (N = 582 sites, 12,878 individuals) with high-resolution climate predictions and extensive stocking records, we evaluate the spatiotemporal dynamics of hybridization between native cutthroat trout and invasive rainbow trout, the world's most widely introduced invasive fish, across the Northern Rocky Mountains of the United States. Historical effects of stocking and contemporary patterns of climatic variation were strongly related to the spread of hybridization across space and time. The probability of occurrence, extent of, and temporal changes in hybridization increased at sites in close proximity to historical stocking locations with greater rainbow trout propagule pressure, warmer water temperatures, and lower spring precipitation. Although locations with warmer water temperatures were more prone to hybridization, cold sites were not protected from invasion; 58% of hybridized sites had cold mean summer water temperatures (<11°C). Despite cessation of stocking over 40 years ago, hybridization increased over time at half (50%) of the locations with long-term data, the vast majority of which (74%) were initially nonhybridized, emphasizing the chronic, negative impacts of human-mediated hybridization. These results show that effects of climate change on biodiversity must be analyzed in the context of historical human impacts that set ecological and evolutionary trajectories.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 <1%
Unknown 105 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 24 23%
Researcher 23 22%
Student > Master 19 18%
Other 9 8%
Professor 5 5%
Other 9 8%
Unknown 17 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 45 42%
Environmental Science 26 25%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 9 8%
Computer Science 1 <1%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1 <1%
Other 4 4%
Unknown 20 19%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 380. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 May 2022.
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