Geographic variation in acid stress tolerance of the moor frog, Rana arvalis. I. Local adaptation

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 352-362

  Räsänen, Katja ^a   Laurila, Anssi ^a   Merilä, Juha ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acid tolerance; Amphibians; Environmental stress; Haldanes; Local adaptation

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; TOLERANCE;

SWEDEN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA ARVALIS;

EID: 0037298298     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00269.x     Document Type: Article

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