IBERIAN WOLVES DO NOT LEAVE THE REGION WHERE THEY WERE BORN

In an article published by the prestigious journal Scientific Reports, an international team which includes CIBIO-InBIO researchers Pedro Silva, Francisco Álvares, Susana Lopes, Helena Rio-Maior, Nuno Ferrand e Raquel Godinho, shows that the wolf population in the Iberian Peninsula is fragmented into multiple subpopulations with moderate to high genetic differentiation between them.

The research, which has been highlighted by the media, combined DNA analysis and wolves’ tracking over two decades. The results suggest that Iberian wolves seem to be less adventurous than would be expected, and very few individuals leave the region where they were born.

To know more about this topic, please follow the links below:
"Estudo revela que lobos ibéricos não abandonam a região onde nasceram" | Diário de Notícias | September 20, 2018 (Information available in Portuguese)
"Estudo revela que lobos ibéricos não abandonam a região onde nasceram" | TSF | September 20, 2018 (Information available in Portuguese)
"Estudo revela que lobos ibéricos não abandonam a região onde nasceram"  | Notícias ao Minuto | September 20, 2018 (Information available in Portuguese)
"Estudo revela que lobos ibéricos não abandonam a região onde nasceram" | O Jogo | September 20, 2018 (Information available in Portuguese)
"Lobo ibérico é fiel à sua “terra natal”"  | Notícias UP | September 20, 2018 (Information available in Portuguese)
"Lobos ibéricos são fiéis à sua “terra natal”" | Público | September 20, 2018 (Information available in Portuguese)

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