Patterns of genetic population differentiation in four species of Amazonian frogs: A test of the riverine barrier hypothesis

Biotropica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 104-119

  Gascon, Claude ^a,b   Lougheed, Stephen C ^a,c   Bogart, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allozymes; Amazon; Amphibians; Neotropics; Riverine barrier hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME VARIATION; FROG; GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION; RIVERINE BARRIER HYPOTHESIS;

BRAZIL, AMAZONAS, JURUA RIVER; SOUTH AMERICA, AMAZONIA;

EPIPEDOBATES FEMORALIS; PHYSALAEMUS PETERSI; SCARTHYLA OSTINODACTYLA; SCINAX RUBRA;

EID: 0031719690     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00373.x     Document Type: Article

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