Character displacement and aggression in two species of terrestrial salamanders

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2002, Pages 391-401

  Jaeger, Robert G ^a   Prosen, Ethan D ^a   Adams, Dean C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; MORPHOLOGY;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; EURYCEA; EURYCEA CIRRIGERA; PLETHODON; PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODON GLUTINOSUS; PLETHODON HOFFMANI; PLETHODON HUBRICHTI; PLETHODON SHENANDOAH; REPTILIA;

EID: 0036100348     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0391:CDAAIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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