Competition among tadpoles of coexisting hemiclones of hybridogenetic Rana esculenta: Support for the frozen niche variation model

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1249-1261

  Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a,b   Hotz, Hansjürg ^a   Guex, Gaston Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Clonal; Competition; Frozen Niche Variation model; General purpose genotype; Growth; Hybridogenesis; Metamorphosis; Rana esculenta

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION; FROZEN NICHE VARIATION MODEL; HEMICLONE; TADPOLE;

GUTIGHAUSEN; SWITZERLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA; RANA LESSONAE; RANA RIDIBUNDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030752838     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb03972.x     Document Type: Article

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