Biological invasions are a major cause of environmental and economic disruption. While
ecological factors are key determinants of their success, the role of genetics has been more …

Selection regimes and population structures can be powerfully changed by domestication
and feralization, and these changes can modulate animal fitness in both captive and natural …

The biomass of feral wildlife is eclipsing that of native wildlife in many parts of the world.
Consequently, feral species are playing an increasingly important role in ecological …

Domestic animals are ubiquitous. In contrast to the biodiversity crisis currently impacting
many kinds of animals and plants, not a single domesticated species is endangered …

Domestic animals have immense economic, cultural, and practical value and have played
pivotal roles in the development of human civilization. Many domesticates have, among their …

Chickens are believed to have inhabited the Hawaiian island of Kauai since the first human
migrations around 1200AD, but numbers have peaked since the tropical storms Iniki and Iwa …

Feralization is the process by which domestic animals return to the wild and produce self-
sustaining populations. It is often considered as a model in understanding the permanence …

The idea of wilderness is being abandoned in restoration ecology due to metaphysical
changes in the conception of nature. These changes are associated with the hybridization of …

Despite a long presence in the contiguous United States (US), the distribution of invasive
wild pigs (Sus scrofa× domesticus) has expanded rapidly since the 1980s, suggesting a …

Feralization is the process of domesticated animals returning to the wild and it is considered
the counterpart of domestication. Molecular genetic changes are well documented in …