Morphometric analysis of a hybrid zone in Geocrinia: Larval versus adult character suites (amphibia: anura: myobatrachinae)

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-169

  Gollmann, Günter ^a   Gollmann, Birgit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID ZONE; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; SKELETAL MORPHOLOGY; TADPOLE;

AUSTRALIA;

GEOCRINIA LAEVIS; GEOCRINIA VICTORIANA;

EID: 0030430344     PISSN: 00212210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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