The effect of assortative mating on the coexistence of a hybridogenetic waterfrog and its sexual host

American Naturalist

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-46

  Som, Christian ^a   Anholt, Bradley R ^b   Reyer, Heinz Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Ecological modeling; Female choice; Population dynamics; Rana esculenta; Rana lessonae

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; BACKCROSSING; COEXISTENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FROG; GENETIC STABILITY; HYBRID; MATING SYSTEM; MODEL;

ASSORTATIVE MATING; COEXISTENCE; FROG; HYBRID;

RANA ESCULENTA; RANA LESSONAE; RANA RIDIBUNDA;

EID: 0034047790     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303372     Document Type: Article

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