Variable and asymmetric introgression in a hybrid zone in the toads, Bufo americanus and Bufo fowleri

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-43

  Green, David M ^a   Parent, Christine ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MORPHOMETRY; TOAD;

CANADA; LONG POINT; NIAGARA PENINSULA; ONTARIO;

ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; BUFO FOWLERI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037467016     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0034:VAAIIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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