Hybrid female matings are directly related to the availability of Rana lessonae and Rana esculenta males in experimental populations

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1997, Pages 275-283

  Bergen, Kathrin ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a,b   Reyer, Heinz Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA; RANA LESSONAE;

EID: 0030973513     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447747     Document Type: Article

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