The evolution of female parental care in poison frogs of the genus Dendrobates: Evidence from mitochondrial DNA sequences

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 254-270

  Summers, Kyle ^a,d   Weigt, Lee A ^b,d   Boag, Peter ^c   Bermingham, Eldredge ^d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Dendrobates; Evolution; mtDNA; Parental care; Poison frogs

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FROG; PARENTAL CARE;

DENDROBATES;

EID: 0032883581     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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