Taxonomic diversity and sympatry among water frogs from Southern France: Evidence for new assemblages

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 295-299

  Daf, Ould Sehla ^a   Pagano, Alain ^a   Lodé, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY RULE; FROG; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPATRY; TAXONOMY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANURA;

EID: 33746599990     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853806777239977     Document Type: Article

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