Italian crested newts (Triturus carnifex) in the basin of Geneva: Distribution and genetic interactions with autochthonous species

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 423-433

  Arntzen, J W ^a,b   Thorpe, R S ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Allozymes; France; Hybridization; Introduction; Introgression; Newt; Switzerland; Tr iturus carnifex; Triturus cristatus

Indexed keywords

FRANCE; GENETIC INTERACTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HYBRIDIZATION; SWITZERLAND;

AMPHIBIAN; GENETIC MARKER; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SWITZERLAND;

TRITURUS CARNIFEX; TRITURUS CRISTATUS;

EID: 0033380605     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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