Voyage of discovery? A comment on Koch et al. "A voyage to Terra Australis: human-mediated dispersal of cats"

Rose Andrew; Deane Smith; Jamieson C Gorrell; Jasmine Janes

doi:10.1186/s12862-016-0813-y

Voyage of discovery? A comment on Koch et al. "A voyage to Terra Australis: human-mediated dispersal of cats"

Rose Andrew
, Deane Smith
, Jamieson C Gorrell
, Jasmine Janes

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The origins of feral cats in Australia may be understood with the help of molecular studies, but it is important that hypotheses be tested with appropriate sampling and methodology. We point out several shortcomings in the analysis by Koch et al. (BMC Evol Biol 15:262, 2015; "A voyage to Terra Australis: human-mediated dispersal of cats". Dryad Digital Repository, 2015), present a reanalysis of part of the study and discuss the challenges of elucidating the early history of feral cats.

Original language	English
Article number	270
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Journal	BMC Evolutionary Biology
Volume	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-016-0813-y
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Biogeography and Phylogeography
Invasive Species Ecology
Population, Ecological and Evolutionary Genetics

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