The Arctic melting pot

@article{Kelly2010TheAM,
  title={The Arctic melting pot},
  author={Brendan Patrick Kelly and Andrew R Whiteley and David A. Tallmon},
  journal={Nature},
  year={2010},
  volume={468},
  pages={891-891}
}
Hybridization in polar species could hit biodiversity hard, say Brendan Kelly, Andrew Whiteley and David Tallmon. 
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