The bounds of species: Hybridization in the Bufo Americanus group of north American toads

Israel Journal of Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-109

  Green, David M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN TOAD; HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA;

BUFO AMERICANUS;

EID: 0030430814     PISSN: 00212210     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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