Molecular phylogenetics of desmognathine salamanders (caudata: Plethodontidae): A reevaluation of evolution in ecology, life history, and morphology

Systematic Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 451-472

  Titus, Tom A ^a,b,c   Larson, Allan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Desmognathinae; Ecology; Life history; Mitochondrial DNA; Molecular phylogenetics; Ribosomal DNA; Salamanders

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; DESMOGNATHINAE; DESMOGNATHUS AENEUS; DESMOGNATHUS WRIGHTI; PHAEOGNATHUS HUBRICHTI; PLETHODONTIDAE;

EID: 0030311149     PISSN: 10635157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sysbio/45.4.451     Document Type: Article

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