Effects of the interaction between genetic diversity and UV-B radiation on wood frog fitness

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 802-810

  Weyrauch, Shauna L ^a,b   Grubb Jr , Thomas C ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterozygosity; Larval mortality; Rana sylvatica; Synergism; Ultraviolet B radiation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FROG; GENETIC VARIATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FROG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; LARVA; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; LARVA; OHIO; OVUM; RANIDAE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 33745123658     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00334.x     Document Type: Article

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