Climate change accelerates hybridization between native, invasive species of trout

Wednesday, May 28, 2014 - 12:03 in Biology & Nature

The rapid spread of hybridization between a native species and an invasive species of trout in the wild is strongly linked to changes in climate, scientists have discovered. Experts have long predicted that climate change could decrease worldwide biodiversity through cross-breeding between invasive and native species, but this study is the first to directly and scientifically support this assumption.

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