Coexistence and population genetic structure of the whooper swan Cygnus cygnus and mute swan Cygnus olor in Lithuania and Latvia

• Published in: Open Life Sciences
• Main Authors: Butkauskas, Dalius, Švažas, Saulius, Tubelytė, Vaida, Morkūnas, Julius, Sruoga, Aniolas, Boiko, Dmitrijs, Paulauskas, Algimantas, Stanevičius, Vitas, Baublys, Vykintas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Walter de Gruyter GmbH 2012
• Subjects: Olor; Cygnus cygnus; Whooper Swan
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/s11535-012-0065-9; http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/biol.2012.7.issue-5/s11535-012-0065-9/s11535-012-0065-9.xml; http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/biol.2012.7.issue-5/s11535-012-0065-9/s11535-012-0065-9.pdf

Abstract Two closely related swan species, the mute swan Cygnus olor and the whooper swan Cygnus cygnus, were formerly allopatric throughout their breeding ranges, but during the last decades a sympatric distribution has become characteristic of these species in the Baltic Sea region. The whooper sw...