The wolf: resource or threat?

The recent article published in the prestigious scientific journal Scientific Reports, produced by a team of 14 researchers from all over Europe and coordinated by the geneticists of the ISPRA Conservation Genetics Area, provides very useful biomolecular tools to identify, at European level, the different populations of wolves and jackals but also possible hybrids between wolves, jackals and dogs. The study offers invaluable support for planning adequate conservation actions that take into account the particular dynamics of expansion of wild canids, currently underway at European level.