Interspecific similarity in life-history traits in sympatric populations of gray treefrogs, Hyla hrysoscelis and Hyla versicolor

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 323-332

  Ptacek, Margaret B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Character convergence; Gray treefrogs; Hyla chrysoscelis; Hyla versicolor; Larval development; Life history characters

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; GREY TREEFROG; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY; SYMPATRY;

HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS; HYLA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 0030442251     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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