Genetic variation of an endangered Malagasy frog, Mantella cowani, and its phylogeographic relationship to the widespread M. baroni

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1041-1047

  Chiari, Ylenia ^a   Andreone, Franco ^b   Vences, Miguel ^c   Meyer, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Cytochrome b; Hybridization; Mantella baroni; Mantella cowani

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE; MANTELLA BARONI; MANTELLA COWANI;

EID: 33244484212     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-005-9085-6     Document Type: Article

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