Bioclimatic modelling, morphology, and behaviour reveal alternative mechanisms regulating the distributions of two parapatric salamander species

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 843-854

  Arif, Saad ^a   Adams, Dean C ^b   Wicknick, Jill A ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTEVALLO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Geometric morphometries; Interspecific competition; Plethodon; Species' distributions

Indexed keywords

PLETHODON; PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODON HUBRICHTI; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 34547209154     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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