Detecting intraspecific hybrids in Testudo hermanni
Joaquim Soler, Beate Pfau & Albert MartÃnez-Silvestre
http://www.amasquefa.com/uploads/RADIATA_1_12_Soler_e414.pdf
It's rather long and a bit dry, but worth reading...one thing I found interesting is the authors' contention that there are only two subspecies of Testudo hermanni, T. hermmanni hermanni and T. hermanni boettgeri, with T. hermanni hercegovinensis being merely a regional variation of T. hermanni boettgeri...no doubt there could be some interesting verbal sparring on this one point alone.
And it advocates protecting each species' uniquenesses, which I'm sure we all agree is important.
Joaquim Soler, Beate Pfau & Albert MartÃnez-Silvestre
http://www.amasquefa.com/uploads/RADIATA_1_12_Soler_e414.pdf
It's rather long and a bit dry, but worth reading...one thing I found interesting is the authors' contention that there are only two subspecies of Testudo hermanni, T. hermmanni hermanni and T. hermanni boettgeri, with T. hermanni hercegovinensis being merely a regional variation of T. hermanni boettgeri...no doubt there could be some interesting verbal sparring on this one point alone.
And it advocates protecting each species' uniquenesses, which I'm sure we all agree is important.
