Jumping performance and repeatability of newly metamorphosed and parental leopard frogs (Rana sphenocephala and Rana blairi)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 748-754

  Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a   Pickle, Joyce ^b   Parris, Matthew J ^a   Sage, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKCROSSING; GENETIC DIVERSITY; GENETIC VARIANCE; GENOTYPE; HYBRID; JUMPING PERFORMANCE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FITNESS; FROG; HYBRID; LOCOMOTION;

RANA BLAIRI; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 0033306054     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-77-5-748     Document Type: Article

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