Phylogenetic evidence for a major reversal of life-history evolution in plethodontid salamanders

Evolution

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2809-2822

  Chippindale, Paul T ^a   Bonett, Ronald M ^a   Baldwin, Andrew S ^a,c   Wiens, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Mesa Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Ancestral states; Direct development; Larvae; Life history; Phylogeny; Plethodontidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; EVOLUTION; LIFE HISTORY; PHYLOGENETICS;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; PLETHODONTIDAE; PLETHODONTINI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 11844257707     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb01632.x     Document Type: Article

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