Local adaptation of an anuran amphibian to osmotically stressful environments

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1889-1899

  Gomez Mestre, Ivan ^a,b   Tejedo, Miguel ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bufo calamita; Common garden; Geographic variation; Local adaptation; Salinity; Stress; Transplant experiments

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LOCAL ADAPTATION; SALINITY; TOLERANCE;

(SOUTH); SPAIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO CALAMITA;

EID: 0043286712     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00596.x     Document Type: Article

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