Postglacial range fluctuation, genetic subdivision and speciation in the Western North American spotted frog complex, rana pretiosa

Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 374-390

  Green, David M ^a   Sharbel, Timothy F ^a   Kearsley, Jennifer ^a,b   Kaiser, Hinrich ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allozyme variation; Colonization; Extinction; Isolation by distance; Morphometrics; Rana pretiosa; Range shift; Speciation; Spotted frog

Indexed keywords

BOTTLENECK; GENE FLOW; INBREEDING; SPECIATION; SPOTTED FROG;

NORTH AMERICA, (WEST);

RANA PRETIOSA;

EID: 0029666939     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1996.tb04500.x     Document Type: Article

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