Hybridization in leopard frogs (Rana pipiens complex): Variation in interspecific hybrid larval fitness components along a natural contact zone

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-104

  Parris, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian larvae; Endogenous selection; Exogenous selection; Fitness; Geographic variation; Hybridization; Rana

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001802131     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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