Reproductive isolating mechanisms between two sympatric sibling species of sea snakes

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1655-1662

  Shine, Richard ^a   Reed, Robert N ^a   Shetty, Sohan ^a   Lemaster, Michael ^b   Mason, Robert T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship; Laticauda; Pheromones; Sea krait; Speciation

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SNAKE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); SYMPATRY;

EFATE; PACIFIC OCEAN;

COLUBRINA; HYDROPHIINAE; LATICAUDA; LATICAUDA COLUBRINA; LATICAUDA FRONTALIS; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SNAKE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HYDROPHIDAE; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036695077     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01477.x     Document Type: Article

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