Scientists identify factors limiting hybridization of closely-related woodrat species

Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 12:00 in Biology & Nature

A pair of new studies from the Wildlife Conservation Society, Idaho State University, and the University of Nevada Reno look at the surprising variety of factors that prevent two closely related species of woodrats from becoming a single hybrid species despite the existence of hybrid individuals where the two species come into contact.

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