Intermorph breeding and the potential for reproductive isolation in polymorphic mole salamanders (Ambystoma talpoideum)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-61

  Whiteman, Howard H ^a,b   Krenz, John D ^b,c,d   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^b,d  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Facultative paedomorphosis; Polyphenism; Reproduction isolation; Reproductive success; Salamander

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING; POLYMORPHISM; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TALPOIDEUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIUMA MEANS;

EID: 33646467102     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0139-z     Document Type: Article

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