A test of alternative hypotheses for the evolution of reproductive isolation between spadefoot toads: Support for the reinforcement hypothesis

Evolution

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2842-2851

  Pfennig, Karin S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental variation; Hybridization; Mate choice; Reinforcement; Spea; Speciation

Indexed keywords

HYBRIDIZATION; MATE CHOICE; REINFORCEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TOAD;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; PELOBATIDAE; SPEA; SPEA BOMBIFRONS; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 0347765893     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb01525.x     Document Type: Article

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